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Comparison of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) rates between different ICUs: Implications of a zero VAP rate

Krishna M. Sundar, David B. Nielsen, Paul Sperry

Journal of Critical Care · 2011 · 22 citations · 27 references

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Ventilation with Lower Tidal Volumes as Compared with Traditional Tidal Volumes for Acute Lung Injury and the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

New England Journal of Medicine · 2000 · 12.9K citations · Full text

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CDC/NHSN surveillance definition of health care–associated infection and criteria for specific types of infections in the acute care setting

Teresa Horan, Mary Andrus, Margaret A. Dudeck · American Journal of Infection Control · 2008 · 6.6K citations

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Daily Interruption of Sedative Infusions in Critically Ill Patients Undergoing Mechanical Ventilation

John P. Kress, Anne S. Pohlman, Michael O’Connor et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 2000 · 3K citations · Full text

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The Attributable Morbidity and Mortality of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in the Critically Ill Patient

Daren K. Heyland, Lauren E. Griffith, Sean Keenan et al. · American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine · 1999 · 830 citations

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The 100 000 Lives Campaign

Donald M. Berwick, David R. Calkins, C. Joseph McCannon et al. · JAMA · 2006 · 697 citations

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