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Number needed to treat for subglottic secretion drainage technology as a ventilator-associated pneumonia prevention strategy

The number needed to treat can be calculated for ventilator-associated pneumonia reduction strategies such as subglottic secretion drainage technology based on previous work establishing its relative risk reduction. Assuming an incidence of 4%, employing subglottic secretion drainage in 33 patients...

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Autor principal: Kelley, Scott D
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/PMC3682244/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22958574
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc11464