Respiratory Medicine
Volume 104, Issue 3 , Pages 325-336 , March 2010

Frequency, prevention, outcome and treatment of ventilator-associated tracheobronchitis: Systematic review and meta-analysis

  • Michalis Agrafiotis

      Affiliations

    • Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences (AIBS), Athens, Greece
    • ,
  • Ilias I. Siempos

      Affiliations

    • Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences (AIBS), Athens, Greece
    • ,
  • Matthew E. Falagas

      Affiliations

    • Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences (AIBS), Athens, Greece
    • Department of Medicine, Henry Dunant Hospital, Athens, Greece
    • Department of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences (AIBS), 9 Neapoleos Street, 151 23 Marousi, Athens, Greece. Tel.: +30 694 611 0000; fax: +30 210 683 9605.

Received 1 April 2009 ,Accepted 2 September 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2009.09.001

Respiratory Medicine
Volume 104, Issue 3 , Pages 325-336 , March 2010

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