Transthoracic ultrasound in the diagnosis and follow-up of ventilator-associated pneumonia

Transthoracic ultrasound in the diagnosis and follow-up of ventilator-associated pneumonia

Context Patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) are at risk not only from their critical illness but also from secondary processes such as nosocomial infection. Pneumonia is the second most common nosocomial infection in critically ill patients. Indeed, diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia...

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Main Authors: Olfat M El-shinnawy, Mohamed Metwally, Nermeen Abdelaleem, Dina R R Gharieb
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2023-01-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis
Subjects:
clinical pulmonary infection score
intensive care unit
lung ultrasounds
ventilator-associated pneumonia
Online Access:http://www.ejcdt.eg.net/article.asp?issn=0422-7638;year=2023;volume=72;issue=4;spage=565;epage=569;aulast=El-shinnawy

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