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cord-018005-53cl75gk	Humphreys, Hilary	Lower Respiratory Tract Infections	2012-08-21		.txt	text/plain	3864	178	41	Lower respiratory tract infections are common and are important in the critical care setting either because they precipitate admission to the critical care unit, e.g. severe viral pneumonia or because they complicate the course of a patient with significant underlying disease or following major surgery, e.g. after multiple trauma. Lower respiratory tract infections are common and are important in the intensive care setting either because they precipitate admission to the intensive care unit, e.g. severe viral pneumonia or because they complicate the course of a patient with signi fi cant underlying disease or following major surgery, e.g. after multiple trauma. Furthermore, respiratory failure requiring arti fi cal ventialtion is a well recognised reason for intensive care support but it can be dif fi cult to determine if this is due to an underlying non-infectious condition such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), infection or a combination of both.	./cache/cord-018005-53cl75gk.txt	./txt/cord-018005-53cl75gk.txt