Objective Neurotrauma is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in Nigeria. We
conducted this systematic review to generate nationally generalizable reference data for the …

Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a major cause of hospital morbidity and mortality
despite recent advances in diagnosis and accuracy of management. However, as taught in …

BACKGROUND The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has shifted policy away
from using ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) and toward using ventilator-associated …

Background: Knowledge of the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) and its
associated risk factors is imperative for the development and use of more effective …

Objectives: To characterize the factors associated with delayed defecation in long-term
ventilated patients and to examine the relationship between delayed defecation and logistic …

Methods: This prospective, observational clinical study included patients admitted in ICU
over a period of one and a half years. Routine surveillance of various health-care …

Background: Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP) is the most frequent intensive-care-
unit (ICU)-acquired infection. The aetiology of VAP varies with different patient populations …

Background Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is the most commonly fatal nosocomial
infection. Clinical diagnosis of VAP remains notoriously inaccurate. The hypothesis was …

Background Invasive ventilation is used to assist or replace breathing when a person is
unable to breathe adequately on their own. Because the upper airway is bypassed during …

Metaproteomics is a relatively young field that has only been studied for approximately 15
years. Nevertheless, it has the potential to play a key role in disease research by elucidating …