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Empirical Antibiotic Therapy for Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is the most common infectious complication in the intensive care unit. It can increase duration of mechanical ventilation, length of stay, costs, and mortality. Improvements in the administration of empirical antibiotic therapy have potential to reduce the compl...

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Autores principales: Swanson, Joseph M., Wells, Diana L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4790268/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27029307
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics2030339