title: Ventilator-associated Pneumonia Prevention. Is It Worth It?
authors.affiliation: 1 Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, Missouri.
authors.forename: Marin H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Kollef
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D017721:Hospital Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000191:economics*; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000191:economics*; D053717:Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated / Q000517:prevention & control*