Tracheal amylase as a marker for associated ventilator infections in traumatic brain injury patients

Erick Joel Rendón Ramírez (Monterrey, Mexico), Erick Joel Rendón Ramírez, Alexis S. Herrera Guerra, Perla R. Colunga Pedraza, Erika C. Cazares Rendón, Roberto Mercado Longoria, Carolina Ahumada Pamanes, Jorge Martin Llaca Díaz, Claudia Rivera Uribe, Erick W. Renpenning Carrasco

Source: International Congress 2016 – Severe respiratory infections in the intensive care unit and pleural and fungal infections
Disease area: Respiratory critical care

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Erick Joel Rendón Ramírez (Monterrey, Mexico), Erick Joel Rendón Ramírez, Alexis S. Herrera Guerra, Perla R. Colunga Pedraza, Erika C. Cazares Rendón, Roberto Mercado Longoria, Carolina Ahumada Pamanes, Jorge Martin Llaca Díaz, Claudia Rivera Uribe, Erick W. Renpenning Carrasco. Tracheal amylase as a marker for associated ventilator infections in traumatic brain injury patients. Eur Respir J 2016; 48: Suppl. 60, 2635

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