Effectiveness of heat and moisture exchangers in preventing ventilator-associated pneumonia in critically ill patients: a meta-analysis

BACKGROUND: Patients may acquire ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) by aspirating the condensate that originates in the ventilator circuit upon use of a conventional humidifier. The bacteria that colonize the patients themselves can proliferate in the condensate and then return to the airways and...

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Autores principales: Menegueti, Mayra Gonçalves, Auxiliadora-Martins, Maria, Nunes, Altacílio Aparecido
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4384307/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25844065
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2253-14-115

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4384307/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25844065
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2253-14-115

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