What COVID-19 Has Taught Us: Ventilator-associated Pneumonia Is Back!

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Editorial

Michael S Niederman. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2022.

. 2022 Jul 15;206(2):132-134.

doi: 10.1164/rccm.202204-0799ED.

¹ Pulmonary and Critical Care Division Weill Cornell Medical College New York, New York.

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Attributable Mortality of Ventilator-associated Pneumonia Among Patients with COVID-19.
Vacheron CH, Lepape A, Savey A, Machut A, Timsit JF, Comparot S, Courno G, Vanhems P, Landel V, Lavigne T, Bailly S, Bettega F, Maucort-Boulch D, Friggeri A; REA-REZO Study Group. Vacheron CH, et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2022 Jul 15;206(2):161-169. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202202-0357OC. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2022. PMID: 35537122 Free PMC article.

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