Protein delivery in mechanically ventilated adults in Australia and New Zealand: current practice.

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"Acknowledgements: Marianne Chapman is the recipient of a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Project grant (APP1144496). The Royal Adelaide Hospital provided infrastructure and administrative support. TARGET Protein Observational Study Site Investigators (alphabetically by institution and all in Australia unless specified): Marianne J Chapman, Lee-anne S Chapple, Stephanie N O’Connor and Matthew J Summers from the Royal Adelaide Hospital; Deborah Barge, Kathleen M Byrne, Adam M Deane, Alana Driscoll and Madeline Haile from the Royal Melbourne Hospital; Heidi Buhr, Jennifer Coles and Suzie Ferrie from the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital; Catherine Kurenda, Sandra L Peake and Patricia J Williams from the Queen Elizabeth Hospital; and Kirsha Delaney, Charlotte Latimer-Bell, Eden Lesona, Alexandra Millington, Shaanti Olatunji, Leanlove Navarra, Mary R Sol Cruz, Raulle Sol Cruz, Chelsea Young and Paul J Young from the Wellington Regional Hospital, New Zealand. Tejaswini Arunachala Murthy is supported by an Australian Government Research Training Program scholarship. Lee-anne Chapple is supported by a NHMRC Early Career Fellowship."