Costs and risk factors for ventilator-associated pneumonia in a Turkish University Hospital's Intensive Care Unit: A case-control study

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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Main Authors: Serin Simay, Zencir Mehmet, Yalcin Ata, Erbay Riza, Atalay Habip
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2004-04-01
Series:BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Subjects:
ventilator-associated pneumonia
intensive care unit
risk factors
cost
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2466/4/3

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