Prolonged use of ventilator circuits and ventilator-associated pneumonia: A model for identifying the optimal clinical practice

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Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 267-269

  Kollef, M H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPIRATION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENTILATOR;

EID: 0031935107     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.113.2.267     Document Type: Editorial

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