The impact of antimicrobial resistance and aging in VAP outcomes: experience from a large tertiary care center.

The impact of antimicrobial resistance and aging in VAP outcomes: experience from a large tertiary care center.

BACKGROUND: Ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) is a serious infection among patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). METHODS: We reviewed the medical charts of all patients admitted to the adult intensive care units of the Massachusetts General Hospital that went on to develop VAP during a five...

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Main Authors: Marios Arvanitis, Theodora Anagnostou, Themistoklis K Kourkoumpetis, Panayiotis D Ziakas, Athanasios Desalermos, Eleftherios Mylonakis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3937398?pdf=render

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