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Diagnostic accuracy of pulmonary host inflammatory mediators in the exclusion of ventilator-acquired pneumonia
BACKGROUND: Excessive use of empirical antibiotics is common in critically ill patients. Rapid biomarker-based exclusion of infection may improve antibiotic stewardship in ventilator-acquired pneumonia (VAP). However, successful validation of the usefulness of potential markers in this setting is ex...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4992819/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25298325 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2014-205766 |