Usefulness of Sepsis-3 in diagnosing and predicting mortality of ventilator-associated lower respiratory tract infections.

<h4>Background</h4>Early distinguishing ventilator-associated tracheobronchitis (VAT) and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) remains difficult in the daily practice. However, this question appears clinically relevant, as treatments of VAT and VAP currently differ. In this study, we as...

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Main Authors: Alexandre Gaudet, Matthieu Devos, Sylvain Keignart, Olivier Pouly, Sylvain Lecailtel, Frédéric Wallet, Saad Nseir
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245552