Ventilator associated pneumonia, incidence and risk factors in emergency intensive care unit Zagazig university hospitals
Background: VAP is a common complication in patients receiving mechanical ventilation, and considered to be one of the most common causes of morbidity and mortality, VAP continues to be a major challenge to the critical care physicians and a common nosocomial infection occurring in mechanically vent...
Main Authors: | Howaydah A. Othman, Neven M. Gamil, Alaa Eldeen M. Elgazzar, Tarek A. Fouad |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2017-10-01
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Series: | Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0422763817302352 |
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