Cost effectiveness in treating ventilator-associated pneumonia

Description

Ventilator-associated pneumonia is a common illness in intensive care unit patients. The costs of management are increased when infection involves resistant organisms, as well as unnecessary and prolonged therapy. Efforts at accurate diagnosis, therapy and prevention can reduce the cost impact of this illness.

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21 Visit the original government dataset for complete information, documentation, and data access. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC137281/

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  • intensive-care-units
  • nih
  • cost-effectiveness-analysis
  • nosocomial-infection
  • ventilator-associated-pneumonia

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