The incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia using the PneuX System with or without elective endotracheal tube exchange: A pilot study

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Doyle, Alex ^a   Fletcher, Andrew ^a   Carter, Joseph ^a   Blunt, Mark ^a   Young, Peter ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79955073331     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-4-92     Document Type: Article

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