Cost effectiveness in treating ventilator-associated pneumonia

Ventilator-associated pneumonia is a common illness in intensive care unit patients. The costs of management are increased when infection involves resistant organisms, as well as unnecessary and prolonged therapy. Efforts at accurate diagnosis, therapy and prevention can reduce the cost impact of th...

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Autor principal: Niederman, Michael S
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2001
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Commentary
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC137281/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11737896
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description Ventilator-associated pneumonia is a common illness in intensive care unit patients. The costs of management are increased when infection involves resistant organisms, as well as unnecessary and prolonged therapy. Efforts at accurate diagnosis, therapy and prevention can reduce the cost impact of this illness.
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spelling pubmed-1372812003-02-27 Cost effectiveness in treating ventilator-associated pneumonia Niederman, Michael S Crit Care Commentary Ventilator-associated pneumonia is a common illness in intensive care unit patients. The costs of management are increased when infection involves resistant organisms, as well as unnecessary and prolonged therapy. Efforts at accurate diagnosis, therapy and prevention can reduce the cost impact of this illness. BioMed Central 2001 2001-08-15 /pmc/articles/PMC137281/ /pubmed/11737896 Text en Copyright © 2001 BioMed Central Ltd
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title_full Cost effectiveness in treating ventilator-associated pneumonia
title_fullStr Cost effectiveness in treating ventilator-associated pneumonia
title_full_unstemmed Cost effectiveness in treating ventilator-associated pneumonia
title_short Cost effectiveness in treating ventilator-associated pneumonia
title_sort cost effectiveness in treating ventilator-associated pneumonia
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