Ten-year surveillance study of ventilator-associated pneumonia at a tertiary care center in Lebanon

Background: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is associated with significant adverse outcomes in critically-ill patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Systematic data from Lebanon on VAP are not available and large epidemiological studies from the region are scarce. Methods: We cond...

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Main Authors: Zeina A. Kanafani, Aline El Zakhem, Nada Zahreddine, Rihab Ahmadieh, Souha S. Kanj
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-07-01
Series:Journal of Infection and Public Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876034119300590