Attenuated hypocholesterolemia following severe trauma signals risk for late ventilator-associated pneumonia, ventilator dependency, and death: a retrospective study of consecutive patients

BACKGROUND: Post-traumatic ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a substantial clinical problem that increases hospital costs and typically adds to the duration of mechanical ventilation. We evaluated the impact of VAP on ventilator days. We also assessed 48-hour total blood cholesterol (TC) and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Dunham, C Michael, Chirichella, Thomas J
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
Materias:
Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3058028/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21371328
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-511X-10-42

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3058028/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21371328
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-511X-10-42

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