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Asking the right questions: the relationship between incident ventilator-associated pneumonia and mortality

Whether ventilator-associated pneumonia is a manifestation of severity of illness or an independent cause of mortality in ventilator-dependent patients is not known. In this complex area, which cannot be readily subjected to randomized controlled trials, studies should focus on the underlying questi...

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Autores principales: Lanspa, Michael J, Brown, Samuel M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3568916/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22548799
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc11308