Is fever control or improved survival the 'risk factor' for ventilator-associated pneumonia?

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Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Laboratory of Experimental Intensive Care and Anesthesiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, 1105 AZ, The Netherlands.

Published: April 2015


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