Preventing nosocomial pneumonia: State of the art and perspectives for the 1990s

The American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 91, Issue 3 SUPPL. 2, 1991, Pages

  Craven, Donald E ^a   Steger, Kathleen A ^a   Barber, Thomas W ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; POLYMYXIN B; QUINOLONE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ANTIBIOTICS; CROSS INFECTION; ENTERAL NUTRITION; HUMAN; INTUBATION; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0026077379     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9343(91)90343-V     Document Type: Article

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