Commentary Open Access
Volume 1 | Issue 1 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.46439/anesthesia.1.002
Lung ultrasound: a new standard for diagnosis of ventilator associated pneumonia?
Saurabh Pradhan1,*
- 1Department of Anesthesiology, Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal
Corresponding Author
Saurabh Pradhan, Sauarbh_44@hotmail.com
Received Date: June 10, 2020
Accepted Date: July 02, 2020
Pradhan S. Lung ultrasound: a new standard for diagnosis of ventilator associated pneumonia? J Clin Anesth Intensive Care. 2020; 1(1): 7-10.
Copyright: © 2020 Pradhan S. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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