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Published in: Critical Care 3/2009

01-06-2009 | Poster presentation

Nosocomial pneumonia and the main victim: the older person – measures for ventilator-associated pneumonia control

Authors: MMQ Guimarães, MB Azevedo, F Cohen, AC Miranda, E Souza, FBA Santos, LM Mansur, AL Senna, A Butter, M Carvalho

Published in: Critical Care | Special Issue 3/2009

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Excerpt

Respiratory infections are responsible for an elevated number of older patient admissions to the ICU, and nosocomial pneumonia (NP) carries a worse prognosis for these patients. Preventive measures are even more important for nosocomial infection control in the case of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). …
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5 Million Lives Campaign: Getting Started Kit: Prevent Ventilator Associated Pneumonia. Cambridge, MA: Institute for Healthcare Improvement; 2008.
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Title
Nosocomial pneumonia and the main victim: the older person – measures for ventilator-associated pneumonia control
Authors
MMQ Guimarães
MB Azevedo
F Cohen
AC Miranda
E Souza
FBA Santos
LM Mansur
AL Senna
A Butter
M Carvalho
Publication date
01-06-2009
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Critical Care / Issue Special Issue 3/2009
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/cc7842

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