Incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia in Australasian intensive care units: use of a consensus-developed clinical surveillance checklist in a multisite prospective audit

OBJECTIVES: With disagreements on diagnostic criteria for ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) hampering efforts to monitor incidence and implement preventative strategies, the study objectives were to develop a checklist for clinical surveillance of VAP, and conduct an audit in Australian/New Zeal...

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Autores principales: Elliott, Doug, Elliott, Rosalind, Burrell, Anthony, Harrigan, Peter, Murgo, Margherita, Rolls, Kaye, Sibbritt, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2015
Materias:
Intensive Care
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4636654/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26515685
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008924

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4636654/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26515685
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008924

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