Methods to appraise available evidence and adequacy of data from a systematic literature review to conduct a robust network meta-analysis of treatment options for patients with hospital-acquired or ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia

• Laura Puzniak,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, United States of America

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• Ryan Dillon,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, United States of America

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• Thomas Lodise

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Thomas.Lodise@acphs.edu

  Affiliation Department of Pharmacy Practice, Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Albany, New York, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4730-0655

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