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Antibiotics Decrease Mortality in Ventilator-Associated Tracheobronchitis
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Title Antibiotics Decrease Mortality in Ventilator-Associated Tracheobronchitis
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/569738?src=rss
Description In an interim analysis of the first prospective randomized multicenter study to examine this issue, rates of pneumonia infection and subsequent mortality were decreased when antibiotic treatment was provided to these patients. Medscape Medical News
Category Articles > Critical Care
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Date Feb 6, 2008
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