Ventilator-associated pneumonia rates at major trauma centers compared with a national benchmark: A multi-institutional study of the AAST

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• Publication year

  2012

• Venue

  Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

• Publication date

  2012-05-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1097/TA.0b013e31824d10faPMID 22673241
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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