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Yaseen M Arabi1, Zohair Al Aseri2, Tareef Alaama3

  • 1Department of Intensive Care, King Abdulaziz Medical City, College of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Annals of Thoracic Medicine
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Evidence-based practicemechanical ventilationventilator-associated eventventilator-associated pneumonia

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