Staffing level: a determinant of late-onset ventilator-associated pneumonia

INTRODUCTION: The clinical and economic burden of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is uncontested. We conducted the present study to determine whether low nurse-to-patient ratio increases the risk for VAP and whether this effect is similar for early-onset and late-onset VAP. METHODS: This prosp...

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Autores principales: Hugonnet, Stéphane, Uçkay, Ilker, Pittet, Didier
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2206525/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17640384
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc5974

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