Scoring system for nosocomial pneumonia in ICUs

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1155-1161

  Kropec, A ^a   Schulgen, G ^a   Just, H ^a   Geiger, K ^a   Schumacher, M ^a   Daschner, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intensive care units; Nosocomial pneumonia; Risk factors; Scoring system

Indexed keywords

COAGULATING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS PNEUMONIA; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRESSURE; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; THORAX DRAINAGE;

EID: 0029852413     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01709329     Document Type: Article

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