Experimental ventilator-associated pneumonia: distribution of lung infection and consequences for lung aeration
Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) has been described in humans and in experimental animals. The most severe lesions are located in dependent lung segments along a sterno-vertebral axis, however the cephalocaudal distribution of lung infection remains unknown. We used an experimental model to eva...
Main Authors: | Vieira Silvia Regina Rios, Goldstein Ivan, Lenaour Gilles, Marquette Charles-Hugo, Rouby Jean-Jacques |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2003-01-01
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702003000300007 |
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