TY - GEN AU - Daneman,Nick AU - Rishu,Asgar H AU - Xiong,Wei AU - Bagshaw,Sean M AU - Cook,Deborah J AU - Dodek,Peter AU - Hall,Richard AU - Kumar,Anand AU - Lamontagne,Francois AU - Lauzier,Francois AU - Marshall,John C AU - Martin,Claudio M AU - McIntyre,Lauralyn AU - Muscedere,John AU - Reynolds,Steven AU - Stelfox,Henry T AU - Fowler,Robert A TI - Bacteremia Antibiotic Length Actually Needed for Clinical Effectiveness (BALANCE): study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial SN - 1745-6215 PY - 2016///0412 KW - Anti-Bacterial Agents KW - administration & dosage KW - Bacteremia KW - diagnosis KW - Biomarkers KW - blood KW - Calcitonin KW - Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide KW - Canada KW - Clinical Protocols KW - Critical Illness KW - Drug Administration Schedule KW - Feasibility Studies KW - Humans KW - Intensive Care Units KW - Length of Stay KW - Pilot Projects KW - Protein Precursors KW - Research Design KW - Respiration, Artificial KW - Time Factors KW - Treatment Outcome KW - Vasoconstrictor Agents KW - therapeutic use N1 - Publication Type: Journal Article; Multicenter Study; Randomized Controlled Trial; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-015-0688-z ER -