Contrary to popular belief, ventilator-associated lower respiratory tract infections are less common in immunocompromised patients
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Lower respiratory tract infections.
Acute lower respiratory infections (ALRI) are the major cause of morbidity and mortality in young children worldwide. ALRIs are important indicators of the health disparities that persist between Indigenous and non-Indigenous children in developed countries. Bronchiolitis and pneumonia account for the majority of the ALRI burden. The epidemiology, diagnosis, and management of these diseases in ...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Respiratory Journal
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0903-1936,1399-3003
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00228-2018