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Novel Preventive Strategies for Ventilator-associated Pneumonia

  • Coppadoro A
  • Bittner E
  • Berra L
Springer Berlin Heidelberg, (2012), 289-298
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-25716-2_27
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Abstract

Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a complication of mechanical ventilation and is defined as the occurrence of pneumonia in patients undergoing mechanical ventilation for at least 48 hours. Clinical suspicion of VAP arises when new infiltrates are present on chest x-ray, and at least one of the following is present: Fever, leukocytosis, or purulent tracheo-bronchial secretions.

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Coppadoro, A., Bittner, E. A., & Berra, L. (2012). Novel Preventive Strategies for Ventilator-associated Pneumonia. In Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2012 (pp. 289–298). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25716-2_27

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