Pattern of hospital-acquired pneumonia in Intensive Care Unit of Suez Canal University Hospital
Background: Hospital acquired pneumonia occurs more than 48 h after hospital admission and was not present at the time of admission, while ventilator associated pneumonia occurs after 48–72 h of endotracheal intubation or within 48 h of extubation. HAP is the second most common nosocomial infection...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2015-07-01
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| Series: | Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0422763815201124 |