Tracheobronchitis in Chronic Pediatric Patients Requiring Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation
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The document provides detailed information about pediatric intensive care patients who require invasive mechanical ventilation and are at risk of developing complications, such as ventilator-associated tracheobronchitis(VAT). It focuses on bacterial respiratory infections, their causes, management and outcomes. It also includes statistical data from a pediatric hospitals’s chronic critical care unit, discussing patient profile, infection types and antibiotic treatment effectiveness.
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