Sayar, Nasrin

ENT Specialist, Antimicrobial Resistance Research Center, Communicable Diseases Institute, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran

[ 1 ] - Clinical Epidemiology of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Open Heart Surgery Patients Admitted to Intensive Care Units in Sari Fatemeh Zahra Hospital, 2017-2019

Background and purpose: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is one of the major factors of mortality and morbidity in Intensive care units (ICUS), especially in open-heart surgery patients. The purpose of this study was to investigate VAP in open-heart surgery patients admitted to the ICU in Sari Fatemeh Zahra Hospital, 2017-2019. Materials and methods: In this retrospective descriptive cros...