The Incidence of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia and Risk Factors in ICU

Considering the importance of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) and the high mortality rate among patients diagnosed with VAP, the aim of the current study was to evaluate the incidence of VAP and its related risk factors in patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU). A total of 197 pati...

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Main Authors: Mahtab Noorifard, Ramin Hamidi Farahani, Ebrahim Hazrati
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2020-11-01
Series:Acta Medica Iranica
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Online Access:https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/view/8309