Frequency of Ventilator-associated Pneumonia With 3-day Versus 7-day Ventilator Circuit Changes

• Main Authors: Ting-Chang Hsieh (Author), Shao-Hsuan Hsia (Author), Chang-Teng Wu (Author), Tzou-Yien Lin (Author), Chih-Ching Chang (Author), Kin-Sun Wong (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2010-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a common clinical problem. Previous studies involving adult patient cohorts have assessed various risk factors associated with VAP, including ventilator circuit changes. The objective of this study was to examine the incidence of and risk factors associated w...