Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: Diagnosis, Prevention, Treatment (State-of-the-Art of the Problem)
oleh: I. N. Yegorova, A. V. Vlasenko, V. V. Moroz, V. N. Yakovlev, V. G. Alekseyev
| Format: | Article |
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| Diterbitkan: | Federal Research and Clinical Center of Intensive Care Medicine and Rehabilitology, Moscow, Russia 2010-02-01 |
Deskripsi
By analyzing the data available in the Russian and foreign literature and their many years’ experience, the authors review the state-of-the-art of the problem associated with ventilator-associated pneumonia in intensive care units. The etiology, epidemiology, and pathogenesis of ventilator-associated pneumonia, the possibilities and limitations of its prevention and diagnostic methods, successes and difficulties and treatment of this pathology are described in detail.