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Risk factors for acquisition of ventilator-associated pneumonia in adult intensive care units

Author(s) -

Fariba Lahoorpour,

Ali Delpisheh,

Abdorrahim Afkhamzadeh

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

pakistan journal of medical sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316

H-Index - 30

eISSN - 1682-024X

pISSN - 1681-715X

DOI - 10.12669/pjms.295.3375

Subject(s) - medicine , amikacin , pneumonia , intensive care unit , ventilator associated pneumonia , mechanical ventilation , incidence (geometry) , antibiotics , cefalotin , antibiotic resistance , intensive care , intensive care medicine , emergency medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , physics , optics , biology

Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP) has an imperative place amongst nosocomial infections leading to increase morbidity and mortality rates. The present study aimed to determine risk factors for acquisition of ventilator- associated pneumonia in an intensive care unit (ICU).

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