Risk factors for mortality in ventilator-associated tracheobronchitis: a case-control study

ABSTRACT Objective To describe the microbiological characteristics and to assess the risk factors for mortality of ventilator-associated tracheobronchitis in a case-control study of intensive care patients. Methods This case-control study was conducted over a 6-year period in a 40-bed medical-su...

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Main Authors: Leonilda Giani Pontes, Fernando Gatti de Menezes, Priscila Gonçalves, Alexandra do Rosário Toniolo, Claudia Vallone Silva, Julia Yaeko Kawagoe, Camila Marques dos Santos, Helena Maria Fernandes Castagna, Marinês Dalla Valle Martino, Luci Corrêa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein
Series:Einstein (São Paulo)
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-45082017000100061&lng=en&tlng=en