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Intensive Care Medicine
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine 12/2015

01-12-2015 | Letter

Impact of multifaceted preventive measures on ventilator-associated pneumonia at a single surgical centre

Authors: Priyam Batra, Purva Mathur, Nibu V. John, Sunita A. Nair, Richa Aggarwal, Kapil Dev Soni, Ashish Bindra, Keshav Goyal, Mahesh C. Misra

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 12/2015

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Title
Impact of multifaceted preventive measures on ventilator-associated pneumonia at a single surgical centre
Authors
Priyam Batra
Purva Mathur
Nibu V. John
Sunita A. Nair
Richa Aggarwal
Kapil Dev Soni
Ashish Bindra
Keshav Goyal
Mahesh C. Misra
Publication date
01-12-2015
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 12/2015
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-015-4047-z

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