Journal of Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases
Volume 19, Issue 1 , Pages 23-28 , January 2010

Reduction in the Incidence of Poststroke Nosocomial Pneumonia by Using the “Turn-mob” Program

  • Pilar Grajales Cuesy, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Epidemiology Medical Unit, Hospital de Especialidades, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, IMSS
    • ,
  • Pilar Lavielle Sotomayor, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Hospital de Especialidades, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo, XII, IMSS
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Pilar Lavielle, PhD, Clinical Epidemiology Medical Unit, Hospital de Especialidades, Centro Medico Nacional Siglo XXI, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Av Cuauhtemoc # 330, Col. Doctores, CP 06725, Distrito Federal, Mexico City, Mexico.
    • ,
  • Juan Osvaldo Talavera Piña, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Hospital de Especialidades, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, IMSS, Universidad Autonóma del Estado de México Centro de Investigacíon en Ciencias Médicas

Received 14 October 2008 ,Revised 5 February 2009 ,Accepted 11 February 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2009.02.009

Journal of Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases
Volume 19, Issue 1 , Pages 23-28 , January 2010

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