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2180. Incidence and Outcomes of Ventilator-Associated Events, Utilising Centre for Disease Control Criteria in a Tertiary Intensive Care Unit, Victoria, Australia

BACKGROUND: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a common complication of admission to intensive care units (ICU), and may be associated with significant morbidity, mortality and healthcare cost. While VAP surveillance is a desirable element of ICU infection prevention programmes, the lack of an...

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Autores principales: Griffin, David, Thevarajan, Irani, Iles, Simon, Rechnitzer, Thomas, Spelman, Timothy, Barge, Deborah, Marshall, Caroline, Harley, Nerina, Richards, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6254021/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy210.1836