• J Card Surg · Mar 2014

    Meta Analysis

    Incidence, risk, and prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia in adult cardiac surgical patients: a systematic review.

    • Zachary W Fitch and Glenn J R Whitman.
    • Division of Cardiac Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland.
    • J Card Surg. 2014 Mar 1; 29 (2): 196-203.

    AbstractVentilator-associated pneumonia remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in postoperative heart surgery patients. We present a systematic review of the literature on the incidence, risk factors, and prevention of this condition in a population at heightened risk.© 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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