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Nosocomial pneumonia in the critical care unit
H M Lode1, T Schaberg, M Raffenberg
1Department of Chest and Infectious Diseases, City Hospital Heckeshorn/Zehlendorf, Berlin, Germany.
Critical Care Clinics
|February 4, 1998
Abstract:
Nosocomial pneumonia poses a major threat to the recovery of patients receiving mechanical ventilation. In addition, nosocomial pneumonia is often difficult to diagnose. This article examines the extent of the threat and some of the difficulties facing the critical care physician when diagnosing nosocomial pneumonia.