Incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia in neonatal intensive care units: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
OBJECTIVE This paper systematically evaluated the infection rate and 1000-day infection rate of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) worldwide, to provide evidence-based support for hospital infection control. METHODS A systematic search was conducted in PubMed, Embase, Cochr...