The diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in our institution has followed an established diagnostic threshold (DT) of equal to or greater than 10 colony-forming units (CFU) per milliliter on bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) based on our previous study (PS). Because mortality from VAP is related to treatment delay, some have advocated a lower DT. The purpose of the current study (CS) was to evaluate the impact of adherence to this DT for VAP on false-negative (FN) rates and mortality in trauma patients.
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science
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7%
Arts and Humanities
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Agricultural and Biological Sciences
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Psychology
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Other
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Attention Score in Context
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 06 March 2015.
All research outputs
#11,350,747
of 34,360,257 outputs
Outputs from Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, The
#3,076
of 5,304 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#102,627
of 297,170 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, The
#54
of 95 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,360,257 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 66th percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 5,304 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 11.2. This one is in the 41st percentile – i.e., 41% of its peers scored the same or lower than it.
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We're also able to compare this research output to 95 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one is in the 42nd percentile – i.e., 42% of its contemporaries scored the same or lower than it.
