Cátedra de Clínica Médica – Facultad de Ciencias Médicas – Universidad Nacional de Rosario

Bibliografía: 

• Kollef HM. Prevention of hospital-associated pneumonia and ventilator-associated pneumonia. Critical Care Medicine 2004; 32:1396-1405

• Chastre J. Comparison of 8 vs 15 days of antibiotic therapy for ventilator-associated pneumonia in adults. JAMA 2003; 290: 2588-2598

• Shaw MJ. Ventilator-associated pneumonia. Current opinion in pulmonary medicine 2005; 11:236-241

• Kirton OC.  A prospective, randomized comparison of an in-line heat moisture exchange filter and heated wire humidifiers. Chest 1997; 112: 1055-1059

• Zack JE. Effect of an education program aimed at reducing the occurrence of ventilator-associated pneumonia. Critical Care Medicine 2002; 30:2407-2412

• Arozullah AM. Development and validation of a multifactorial risk index for predicting postoperative pneumonia after major noncardiac surgery. Annals of Internal Medicine 2001; 135: 847-857