Comparison of the effect of closed versus open endotracheal suction systems on the development of ventilator-associated pneumonia
- 30 September 2004
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Hospital Infection
- Vol. 58 (1) , 14-19
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2004.05.005
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