Pediatrics & Neonatology
Volume 51, Issue 1 , Pages 37-43 , February 2010

Frequency of Ventilator-associated Pneumonia With 3-day Versus 7-day Ventilator Circuit Changes

  • Ting-Chang Hsieh

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatrics, Far-Eastern Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Shao-Hsuan Hsia

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Critical Care and Emergency Medicine, Chang Gung Children's Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Division of Pediatric Critical Care and Emergency Medicine, 2L PICU, Chang Gung Children's Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, 5 Fu-Hsing Street, Kweishan, Taoyuan 33305, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chang-Teng Wu

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Critical Care and Emergency Medicine, Chang Gung Children's Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Tzou-Yien Lin

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Chang Gung Children's Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chih-Ching Chang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Respiratory Therapy, Chang Gung Children's Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Kin-Sun Wong

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Chang Gung Children's Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Received 27 February 2009 ,Revised 3 June 2009 ,Accepted 22 June 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/S1875-9572(10)60008-3

Pediatrics & Neonatology
Volume 51, Issue 1 , Pages 37-43 , February 2010

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