Surveillance of ventilator-associated pneumonia in a neonatal intensive care unit: characteristics, risk factors, and outcome.

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2012-SepAuthor
Seyyed Abolfazl Afjeh
Mohammad Kazem Sabzehei
Abdollah Karimi
Farideh Shiva
Ahmad Reza Shamshiri
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This study determined the incidence, characteristics, risk factors, and outcomes of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in newborns hospitalized in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in Tehran, Iran.