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Effectiveness of heat and moisture exchangers in preventing ventilator-associated pneumonia in critically ill patients: a meta-analysis
BACKGROUND: Patients may acquire ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) by aspirating the condensate that originates in the ventilator circuit upon use of a conventional humidifier. The bacteria that colonize the patients themselves can proliferate in the condensate and then return to the airways and...
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| Published in: | BMC Anesthesiol |
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| Main Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Artigo |
| Language: | Inglês |
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BioMed Central
2014
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| Online Access: | https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4384307/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25844065 https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2253-14-115 |
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