Ventilator Associated Pneumonia Cases in the Postoperative Intensive Care Unit of a Cardiothoracic Surgery Center

Ventilator Associated Pneumonia Cases in the Postoperative Intensive Care Unit of a Cardiothoracic Surgery Center

Ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) cases were investigated in a cardiothoracic surgery postoperative intensive care unit between 1 January 1999 and 1 January 2000. A total of 1716 patients who undergone cardiothoracic operations and followed in intensive care unit (ICU) were included in the study...

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Main Authors:	Serap ŞİMŞEK, Nurgül YURTSEVEN, Hakan GERÇEKOĞLU, Ünsal SOHTORİK, Sevim CANİK, Azmi ÖZLER
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Bilimsel Tip Yayinevi 2000-09-01
Series:	Flora Infeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Dergisi
Subjects:	Ventilator associated pneumonia Cardiothoracic surgery
Online Access:	http://www.floradergisi.org/getFileContent.aspx?op=REDPDF&file_name=2000-5-3-183-188.pdf

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