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Is there a continuum between ventilator-associated tracheobronchitis and ventilator-associated pneumonia?

Authors: Saad Nseir, Pedro Povoa, Jorge Salluh, Alejandro Rodriguez, Ignacio Martin-Loeches

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 7/2016

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Title: Is there a continuum between ventilator-associated tracheobronchitis and ventilator-associated pneumonia?
Authors: Saad Nseir
Pedro Povoa
Jorge Salluh
Alejandro Rodriguez
Ignacio Martin-Loeches
Publication date: 01-07-2016
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 7/2016
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-016-4283-x

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