Prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia or ventilator-associated compliations: A worthy, yet challenging goal. Critical care medicine, Jan 2012, Vol. 40(1), p.271-277.
Kollef, M.H.
http://journals.lww.com/ccmjournal/Abstract/2012/01000/Prevention_of_ventilator_associated_pneumonia_or.40.aspx
Ventilator-associated pneumonia is a difficult diagnosis to establish in the critically ill patient because of the presence of underlying cardiopulmonary disorders (e.g., pulmonary contusion, acute respiratory distress syndrome, atelectasis) and the nonspecific radiographic and clinical signs associated with this infection.
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