Costs and risk factors for ventilator-associated pneumonia in a Turkish University Hospital's Intensive Care Unit: A case-control study
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) which is an important part of all nosocomial infections in intensive care unit (ICU) is a serious illness with substantial morbidity and mortality, and increases costs of hospital care. We aimed...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2004-04-01
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Series: | BMC Pulmonary Medicine |
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Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2466/4/3 |