The Impact of Ventilator-Associated Events in Critically Ill Subjects With Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation.

BACKGROUND: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently released a surveillance definition for respiratory complications in ventilated patients, ventilator-associated events (VAEs), to replace ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). VAEs consist of ventilator-associated conditions (VAC),...

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Published in:	Respiratory Care Vol. 62; no. 11; pp. 1379 - 1387
Main Authors:	Hidetsugu Kobayashi, Shigehiko Uchino, Masanori Takinami, Shoichi Uezono
Format:	research tables/charts Journal Article
Published:	Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. Nov2017
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost