Published in Chest on December 01, 2002
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Outcome and attributable cost of ventilator-associated pneumonia among intensive care unit patients in a suburban medical center. Crit Care Med (2003) 2.59
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A randomized controlled trial of an antibiotic discontinuation policy for clinically suspected ventilator-associated pneumonia. Chest (2004) 2.26
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Association between a silver-coated endotracheal tube and reduced mortality in patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia. Chest (2009) 2.09
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A retrospective analysis of possible renal toxicity associated with vancomycin in patients with health care-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia. Clin Ther (2007) 2.05
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A comparison of ventilator-associated pneumonia rates as identified according to the National Healthcare Safety Network and American College of Chest Physicians criteria. Crit Care Med (2012) 1.82
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus prolongs intensive care unit stay in ventilator-associated pneumonia, despite initially appropriate antibiotic therapy. Crit Care Med (2006) 1.80
Effect of an education program aimed at reducing the occurrence of ventilator-associated pneumonia. Crit Care Med (2002) 1.72
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Silver-coated endotracheal tubes associated with reduced bacterial burden in the lungs of mechanically ventilated dogs. Chest (2002) 1.63
Use of adjunctive aerosolized antimicrobial therapy in the treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii ventilator-associated pneumonia. Respir Care (2012) 1.62
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Use of a handheld computer by respiratory care practitioners to improve the efficiency of weaning patients from mechanical ventilation. Crit Care Med (2002) 1.56
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Addition of vasopressin to norepinephrine as independent predictor of mortality in patients with refractory septic shock: an observational study. Surg Infect (Larchmt) (2007) 1.39
Opioid use and health care charges at the end of life in patients with metastatic cancer. Manag Care Interface (2004) 1.38
Morbidity and cost burden of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in early onset ventilator-associated pneumonia. Crit Care (2006) 1.37
Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization and subsequent infection in intensive care unit patients: does methicillin resistance matter? Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2010) 1.34
Cost and mortality prediction using polymerase chain reaction pathogen detection in sepsis: evidence from three observational trials. Crit Care (2010) 1.33
Continuation of a randomized, double-blind, multicenter study of linezolid versus vancomycin in the treatment of patients with nosocomial pneumonia. Clin Ther (2003) 1.33
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Analysis of 30-day mortality for clostridium difficile-associated disease in the ICU setting. Chest (2007) 1.30
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