Nature (and the ICU) abhors a VACuum

Chest

Volumn 142, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1365-1366

  Shorr, Andrew F ^a   Zilberberg, Marya D ^b  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE;

CATHETER INFECTION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INFECTION RELATED VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED COMPLICATION; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; THERAPY DELAY; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED COMPLICATION; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

EID: 84870609245     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.12-1380     Document Type: Editorial

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