Prevention of VAP: "wHAP" should we do?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 706-707

  Schultz, Marcus J ^a,b   Juffermans, Nicole P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b HERMES Critical Care Group   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atelectasis; Intensive care unit; Kinetic therapy; Mechanical ventilation; Rotation therapy; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

EID: 74949090922     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181bfea4b     Document Type: Editorial

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