Is there a benefit to multidisciplinary rounds in an open trauma intensive care unit regarding ventilator-associated pneumonia?

Van Johnson; Alicia Mangram; Christopher Mitchell; Manuel Lorenzo; Dot Howard; Ernest Dunn

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Is there a benefit to multidisciplinary rounds in an open trauma intensive care unit regarding ventilator-associated pneumonia?

February 3, 2010

Johnson V, Mangram A, Mitchell C, et al. Am Surg. 2009;75(12):1171-1174.

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This study demonstrated that implementation of multidisciplinary rounds reduced the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia in a trauma unit.

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