Journal of Critical Care
Volume 25, Issue 1 , Pages 56-61 , March 2010

Effect of frequency of ventilator circuit changes (3 vs 7 days) on the rate of ventilator-associated pneumonia in PICU

  • Rujipat Samransamruajkit, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +66 2 256-4996x129, 123; fax: +66 2 256-4911.
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  • Suree Jirapaiboonsuk, MD

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
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  • Sirirush Siritantiwat

      Affiliations

    • Registered Critical Care Nurse, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
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  • Ornanong Tungsrijitdee

      Affiliations

    • Registered Critical Care Nurse, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
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  • Jitladda Deerojanawong

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
    • Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
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  • Suchada Sritippayawan

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
    • Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
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  • Nuanchan Prapphal

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
    • Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand

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PII: S0883-9441(09)00075-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2009.03.005

Journal of Critical Care
Volume 25, Issue 1 , Pages 56-61 , March 2010

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