Guidelines for prevention, diagnosis and treatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in the trauma patient.

Joseph P. Minei; Avery B. Nathens; Michael West; Brian G. Harbrecht; Ernest E. Moore; Michael B. Shapiro; Paul E. Bankey; Jeffrey L. Johnson; Bradley Freeman; Bruce A. McKinley; Fredrick A. Moore; Ronald V. Maier

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Guidelines for prevention, diagnosis and treatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in the trauma patient.

August 10, 2010

Minei JP, Nathens AB, West M, et al. J Trauma. 2006;60(5):1106-1113.

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The investigators used existing data and guidelines to develop this standard operating procedure for the diagnosis and treatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia.

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