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Ventilator-associated pneumonia
International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 1998Mechanically ventilated patients are at a substantially higher risk for developing nosocomial pneumonia. Overall, there is a relatively constant 1&!TN!150;3% risk per day of developing pneumonia while receiving mechanical ventilation. The sensitivity and specificity of clinical criteria alone for diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonias (VAP) is ...
F, Visnegarwala, N G, Iyer, R J, Hamill
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Diagnosing Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
New England Journal of Medicine, 2004The establishment of an appropriate diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia is one of the most crucial and difficult issues in the care of critically ill patients. Established clinical criteria alone, such as new or progressive infiltrates on chest radiography, together with fever, leukocytosis or leukopenia, and purulent tracheobronchial ...
Antoni, Torres, Santiago, Ewig
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Ventilator-associated pneumonia: caveats for benchmarking
Intensive Care Medicine, 2004Objective To determine the influence of using different denominators on risk estimates of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP).
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