Update of the consensus document on ventilator-associated pneumonia. Part I. Diagnostic aspects;Actualizatión del consenso neumonía asociada a ventilatión mecánica primera parte. Aspectos diagnósticos

Revista Chilena de Infectologia

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 130-151

  Alberto Fica, C ^a   Marcela Cifuentes, D ^b   Beatrice Herve E ^c  

^a HOSPITAL MILITAR DE SANTIAGO   (Chile)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c CLÍNICA LAS CONDES   (Chile)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Guidelines; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; STANDARD; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 79957835165     PISSN: 07161018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0716-10182011000200005     Document Type: Article

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