Chlorhexidine Bathing Impact on Infections, Effect of Etomidate on Sepsis Mortality, and Evaluation of Ventilator-associated Conditions

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Humberto C Sasieta et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2015.

. 2015 May 15;191(10):1197-9.

doi: 10.1164/rccm.201503-0435RR.

¹ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.

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