Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: A Multivariate Analysis

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 270, Issue 16, 1993, Pages 1965-1970

  Kollef, Marin H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; THORAX SURGERY;

AGED; CARDIOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 500 AND OVER; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MISSOURI; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RISK FACTORS; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL;

EID: 0027382380     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1993.03510160083034     Document Type: Article

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