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. 2013 Apr-Jun;25(2):81-6.
doi: 10.5935/0103-507X.20130017.

Defining ventilator-associated pneumonia: a (de)construction concept

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Camila Hubner Dalmora  1 , Caroline Deutschendorf, Fabiano Nagel, Rodrigo Pires dos Santos, Thiago Lisboa
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Defining ventilator-associated pneumonia: a (de)construction concept

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Camila Hubner Dalmora et al. Rev Bras Ter Intensiva. 2013 Apr-Jun.
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Algorithm for evaluation of complications associated with mechanical ventilation in critically ill patients.
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