Detection of ventilator associated pneumonia, using clinical pulmonary infection score (CPIS) in critically ill neurological patients

Abstract Background: Ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) remains the most common nosocomial infection in the ICU with a very high morbidity, mortality and cost of treatment. Clinical pulmonary infection score (CPIS)

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