Preventing ventilator-associated pneumonia: is it ultimately only a matter of gravity?
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عنوان ژورنال: Intensive Care Medicine
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0342-4642,1432-1238
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-012-2496-1