Effect of Planned Passive Respiratory Exercise on Prevention of Pneumonia among Coma Patients Undergoing Mechanical Ventilation

Background & Objective: The mortality rate of pneumonia caused by mechanical ventilation is about %25-30. Pneumonia prolongs length of stay in hospital to more than 13 days. There are various approaches to decrease rate of pneumonia in medical wards. The aim of this study was to assess the effec...

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Main Authors: R Memarian, A Misaghi, MH Brujerdi, N Nazem ekbatani
Format: Article
Language:fas
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2010-07-01
Series:حیات
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Online Access:http://hayat.tums.ac.ir/article-1-86-en.html