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Resources: Citations: VAP
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Dreyfuss D, K Djedaini, I Gros, L Mier,
G Le Bourdelles, Y Cohen, P Estagnasie, F Coste, and Y
Boussougant. Mechanical ventilation with heated humidifiers
or heat and moisture exchangers: effects on patient colonization
and incidence of nosocomial pneumonia Am. J. Respir. Crit.
Care Med. 1995 151: 986-992
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| Fagon, JY, Chastre, J, Hance, AJ, et
al (1993) Nosocomial pneumonia in ventilated patients:
a cohort study evaluating attributable mortality and hospital
stay. Am J Med 94,281-288 |
Fink JB, SA Krause, L Barrett, D Schaaff,
and CG Alex. Extending ventilator circuit change interval
beyond 2 days reduces the likelihood of ventilator-associated
pneumonia Chest 1998 113: 405-411.
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George DL, PS Falk, RG Wunderink, KV
Leeper, Jr., GU Meduri, EL Steere, CE Corbett, CG Mayhall.
Epidemiology of Ventilator-acquired Pneumonia Based on
Protected Bronchoscopic Sampling Am. J. Respir. Crit.
Care Med. 1998 158: 1839-1847.
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Kollef MH, B Von Harz, D Prentice, SD
Shapiro, P Silver, R St. John, and E Trovillion. Patient
transport from intensive care increases the risk of developing
ventilator-associated pneumonia Chest 1997 112: 765-773.
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| Kollef, MH. Critical Concepts: the prevention
of ventilator-associated pneumonia, (review article) NEJM
1999, 340(8). Full
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