Validation of predictors of adverse outcomes in hospital-acquired pneumonia in the ICU.

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Published in Crit Care Med on September 01, 2013

Authors

Mariano Esperatti1, Miquel Ferrer, Valeria Giunta, Otavio Tavares Ranzani, Lina Maria Saucedo, Gianluigi Li Bassi, Francesco Blasi, Jordi Rello, Michael S Niederman, Antoni Torres

Author Affiliations

1: Servei de Pneumologia, Institut Clínic del Tòrax, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.

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