• Patient To Nurse Ratio And Risk Of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia In Critically Ill Patients 

      Blot, Stijn I.; Llaurado Serra, Mireia; Koulenti, Despoina; Lisboa, Thiago; Deja, Maria; Myrianthefs, Pavlos; Manno, Emilpaolo; Diaz, Emili; Topeli, Arzu; Martin-Loeches, Ignacio; Rello, Jordi (Amer Assoc Critical Care Nurses, 2011)
      Objective To determine how the patient to nurse ratio affects risk for ventilator-associated pneumonia. Methods Data from an earlier study in 27 intensive care units in 9 European countries were examined in a secondary ...