Efficiency of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia Prevention Protocol in a mixed intensive care unit in Pahang, Malaysia

Introduction Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) rate in adult ICU varies between 8.0 and 46.3 episodes/1000 ventilator days. A National Audit of Adult Intensive Care Units (NAICU) in 2003 reported a high incidenceof 26.9/1000 ventilator days. A subsequent multiple one day prevalence study found...

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Main Authors: Mat Nor, Mohd Basri, Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2006
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/16255/1/apaccm_basri.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/16255/
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