Journal of Critical Care
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 56-65, March 2006

Incidence, risk factors, and outcome of ventilator-associated pneumonia☆

  • Eva Tejerina, MD

      Affiliations

    • Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario de Getafe, 28905-Getafe, Madrid, Spain
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  • Fernando Frutos-Vivar, MD

      Affiliations

    • Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario de Getafe, 28905-Getafe, Madrid, Spain
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  • Marcos I. Restrepo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Intensive Care Unit, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX, USA
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  • Antonio Anzueto, MD

      Affiliations

    • Intensive Care Unit, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX, USA
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  • Fekri Abroug, MD

      Affiliations

    • Intensive Care Unit, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Fattouma Burghuiba, 5000 Monastir, Tunisia
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  • Fernando Palizas, MD

      Affiliations

    • Intensive Care Unit, Clinica Bazterrica, 1425 Buenos Aires, Argentina
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  • Marco González, MD

      Affiliations

    • Intensive Care Unit, Hospital General de Medellin, Medellin, Colombia
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  • Gabriel D'Empaire, MD

      Affiliations

    • Intensive Care Unit, Hospital de Clinicas Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela
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  • Carlos Apezteguía, MD

      Affiliations

    • Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Nacional Profesor Alejandro Posadas, 1706 Haedo, Argentina
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  • Andrés Esteban, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario de Getafe, 28905-Getafe, Madrid, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario de Getafe, 28905-Getafe Madrid, Spain. Tel.: +34 916834982; fax: +34 916832095.
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  • for the Internacional Mechanical Ventilation Study Group

Received 18 February 2005; received in revised form 6 July 2005; accepted 30 August 2005.

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☆ Grant 98/0233 from the Fondo de Investigación Sanitaria, Spain. Red GIRA (G03/063) and Red RESPIRA (C03/11) from Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Spain.

PII: S0883-9441(05)00194-2

doi:10.1016/j.jcrc.2005.08.005

Journal of Critical Care
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 56-65, March 2006

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