Role of selective digestive decontamination (SDD) in the prevention of nosocomial pneumonia (NP): Is gastric decontamination necessary?
- 1 April 1992
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Intensive Care Medicine
- Vol. 18 (4) , 218-221
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01709835
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