Comparison study between bacteriological aetiology and outcome of VAT & VAP

Mechanical ventilation (MV) is a life saving process but it carries risks of respiratory tract infection as ventilator associated tracheobronchitis (VAT) and ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) leading to increase morbidity and duration of mechanical ventilation in intensive care unit (ICU). VAT i...

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Main Authors: Nasr H. Kahlil, Amany Todary Khalil, Dalal ElSayed Abdelaal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis
Subjects:
VAT
VAP
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0422763816302114