Mortality rate attributable to ventilator-associated nosocomial pneumonia in an adult intensive care unit: A prospective case-control study

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Authors

N. Bercault · Centre hospitalier universitaire d'Orléans

Thierry Boulain · Centre hospitalier universitaire d'Orléans

Abstract

Nosocomial pneumonia is independently associated with death in the intensive care unit. In addition, it increases the length of intensive care unit stay.

Topics & Keywords

Nosocomial Infections in ICU Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Critical Care Medicine

Volume 29, Issue 12, pp. 2303-2309

DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200112000-00012

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