Controversies in Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Diagnosis
- 27/09/2016
Ventilator-associated pneumonia is a major complication of mechanical ventilation and represents the most common reason for antibiotic prescription in ventilated patients. Incidence ranges from 1.2 to 8.5 cases per 1000 ventilator days or 9 to 27% cases per mechanically ventilated patient; attributable mortality rates vary between 0% and 70% (Chastre and Fagon 2002; Melsen et al. 2013). The...
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