A program for sustained improvement in preventing ventilator associated pneumonia in an intensive care setting

BACKGROUND: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a common infection in the intensive care unit (ICU) and associated with a high mortality. METHODS: A quasi-experimental study was conducted in a medical-surgical ICU. Multiple interventions to optimize VAP prevention were performed from October 20...

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Autores principales: Caserta, Raquel A, Marra, Alexandre R, Durão, Marcelino S, Silva, Cláudia Vallone, Pavao dos Santos, Oscar Fernando, Neves, Henrique Sutton de Sousa, Edmond, Michael B, Timenetsky, Karina Tavares
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3521195/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23020101
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-12-234

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3521195/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23020101
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-12-234

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