Open AccessThe incidence and risk factors of ventilator-associated pneumonia in patients with severe traumatic brain injury
Author(s) -
Vesna Marjanović,
Vesovak,
Ljubinka Janković Veličković,
Goran Marjanović
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
medicinski pregled
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1820-7383
pISSN - 0025-8105
DOI - 10.2298/mpns1108403m
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , ventilator associated pneumonia , pneumonia , traumatic brain injury , intensive care medicine , emergency medicine , psychiatry , physics , optics
Patients with severe traumatic brain injury are at a risk of developing ventilator-associated pneumonia. The aim of this study was to describe the incidence, etiology, risk factors for development of ventilator-associated pneumonia and outcome in patients with severe traumatic brain injury.
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