Fighting vampires and ventilator-associated pneumonia: is silver the magic bullet?

Chest. 2010 May;137(5):1007-9. doi: 10.1378/chest.10-0063.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • APACHE
  • Humans
  • Intubation, Intratracheal / instrumentation
  • Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated / microbiology*
  • Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated / mortality
  • Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated / prevention & control*
  • Risk Factors
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Silver*
  • Ventilators, Mechanical / adverse effects*
  • Ventilators, Mechanical / microbiology*

Substances

  • Silver