Incidence of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Critically Ill Children Undergoing Mechanical Ventilation in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Background: Among hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) in children, ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is the most common after blood stream infection (BSI). VAP can prolong length of ventilation and hospitalization, increase mortality rate, and directly change a patient’s outcome in Pediatric Int...

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Published in:Children (Basel)
Main Authors: Amanati, Ali, Karimi, Abdollah, Fahimzad, Alireza, Shamshiri, Ahmad Reza, Fallah, Fatemeh, Mahdavi, Alireza, Talebian, Mahshid
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: MDPI 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5532548/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28671616
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children4070056
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