Microbiology Comment Nudge Improves Pneumonia Prescribing
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Epidemiology and microbiology of hospital-acquired pneumonia.
Hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) is the second most common nosocomial infection in the critically ill patient and is associated with the greatest mortality and increased morbidity and cost of care. The major risk factor for the development of HAP in intensive care is the occurrence of intubation and mechanical ventilation, giving rise to the term ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). Incidenc...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Open Forum Infectious Diseases
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2328-8957
DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofy162