Clinical and demographic characteristics of patients with nosocomial pneumonia against a background of severe traumatic brain injury

Clinical and demographic characteristics of patients with nosocomial pneumonia against a background of severe traumatic brain injury

Introduction. Nosocomial pneumonia (NP) is one of the most dangerous infectious complications of severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). According to some researchers, NP formed 0.5–1 % of hospitalized patients and in patients of ICU – NP develops with a frequency from 15 to 65 %. The aim of our stu...

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Main Authors: A.B. Ilchenko, O. O. Yakovleva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Zaporozhye State Medical University 2017-04-01
Series:Zaporožskij Medicinskij Žurnal
Subjects:
nosocomial infections
traumatic brain injury
TBI
Online Access:http://zmj.zsmu.edu.ua/article/view/95674/92183

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