Attributable morbidity and mortality of ventilator-associated pneumonia in patients of respiratory failure

 

Gajanan Vaijnath Halkanche¹, Neelima Deshpande^2*

 

¹Associate Professor, ²Professor and HOD, Department of Medicine, Government Medical College, Latur, Maharashtra, INDIA.

Email: gajananhalkanche@rediffmail.com

 

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