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Semi-recumbent body position fails to prevent healthcare-associated pneumonia in Vietnamese patients with severe tetanus

Healthcare-associated pneumonia (HCAP) is a common complication in patients with severe tetanus. Nursing tetanus patients in a semi-recumbent body position could reduce the incidence of HCAP. In a randomised controlled trial we compared the occurrence of HCAP in patients with severe tetanus nursed i...

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Autores principales: Loan, Huynh Thi, Parry, Janet, Nga, Nguyen Thi Ngoc, Yen, Lam Minh, Binh, Nguyen Thien, Thuy, Tran Thi Diem, Duong, Nguyen Minh, Campbell, James I., Thwaites, Louise, Farrar, Jeremy J., Parry, Christopher M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3368426/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22197012
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trstmh.2011.10.010