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Ventilator-associated pneumonia or not? Contemporary diagnosis.
Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is pneumonia in patients who have been on mechanical ventilation for > or =48 hours. VAP is most accurately diagnosed by quantitative culture and microscopy examination of lower respiratory tract secretions, which are best obtained by bronchoscopically direct...
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2001
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2631718/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11294706 |