Relationship between ventilator-associated pneumonia and intramucosal gastric pHi: A case-control study

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 122-128

  Hernández, Carmen ^a   Ei Ebiary, Mustafa ^a   Gonzalez, Julià ^a   De La Bellacasa, Jorge Puig ^a   Montón, Concepción ^a   Torres, Antoni ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL PH; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; MALE; PNEUMONIA; STOMACH MUCOSA; STOMACH PH; SURVIVAL RATE; THROAT CULTURE; TONOMETRY;

EID: 0029839408     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-9441(96)90008-8     Document Type: Article

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