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The PROPHY-VAP Trial: Ceftriaxone to Prevent VAP in Patients with Acute Brain Injury

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11 Curiously, VAP in patients with traumatic head injury does not appear to increase mortality, but does increase ventilator time, ICU, and hospital length of stay. BMC Neurol 2011 , 11 , 110. Bacterial colonization patterns in mechanically ventilated patients with traumatic and medical head injury. Westendorp, W.

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