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Diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia: a systematic review of the literature

INTRODUCTION: Early, accurate diagnosis is fundamental in the management of patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). The aim of this qualitative review was to compare various criteria of diagnosing VAP in the intensive care unit (ICU) with a special emphasis on the value of clinical diag...

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Autores principales: Rea-Neto, Alvaro, Youssef, Nazah Cherif M, Tuche, Fabio, Brunkhorst, Frank, Ranieri, V Marco, Reinhart, Konrad, Sakr, Yasser
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2447611/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18426596
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc6877