Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline for the Prevention of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

Dodek, Peter; Keenan, Sean; Cook, Deborah; K. Heyland, Daren; J. Jacka, Michael; Hand, Lori; Muscedere, John; Foster, Debra; Mehta, Nav; Hall, Richard; Brun‐Buisson, Christian; the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group and the Canadian Critical Care Society, for

doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-4-200408170-00011

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Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline for the Prevention of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

Published in Annals of Internal Medicine • Aug 17, 2004

Authors:

Peter Dodek

Sean Keenan

Deborah Cook

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is an important patient safety issue in critically ill patients. PURPOSE: To develop an evidence-based guideline for the prevention of VAP. DATA SOURCES: MEDLINE, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. STUDY SELECTION: The authors s...

Subject

Medicine

Guideline

Intensive care medicine

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