Gastroesophageal reflux in mechanically ventilated pediatric patients and its relation to ventilator-associated pneumonia

INTRODUCTION: The objective was to determine the frequency of gastroesophageal reflux (GER) in mechanically ventilated pediatric patients and its role as a risk factor for ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), which may be enhanced among those patients. METHODS: The study is a prospective cohort st...

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Autores principales: Abdel-Gawad, Tarek A, El-Hodhod, Mostafa A, Ibrahim, Hanan M, Michael, Yousef W
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2784395/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19840378
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc8134

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