Periodically Changing Ventilator Circuits Is Not Necessary to Prevent Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia When a Heat and Moisture Exchanger Is Used
- 1 December 2004
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
- Vol. 25 (12), 1077-1082
- https://doi.org/10.1086/502347
Abstract
Periodically Changing Ventilator Circuits Is Not Necessary to Prevent Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia When a Heat and Moisture Exchanger Is Used - Volume 25 Issue 12 - Leonardo Lorente, María Lecuona, Ramón Galván, María J. Ramos, María L. Mora, Antonio SierraKeywords
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