Risk factors for Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia in nonventilated adults
Although most recent publications focus on Ventilator-associated Pneumonia, Non-Ventilator-associated Hospital-acquired pneumonia (NVHAP) is still worrisome. We studied risk factors for NVHAP among patients admitted to a small teaching hospital. Sixty-six NVHAP case patients and 66 controls admitted...
Main Authors: | Carlos Magno Castelo Branco Fortaleza, Paulo Afonso Martins Abati, Márcia Regina Batista, Adriano Dias |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702009000400009&lng=en&tlng=en |
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