Pulmonary aspiration in a long-term care setting: Clinical and laboratory observations and an analysis of risk factors

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 763-768

  Pick, Neora ^b   McDonald, Anne ^a   Bennett, Nancy ^b,c   Litsche, Mildred ^a   Dietsche, Linda ^a   Legerwood, Robert ^a   Spurgas, Richard ^a   LaForce, F Marc ^b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Genesee Hospital   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PENICILLIN G; TRANQUILIZER; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029890506     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1996.tb03731.x     Document Type: Article

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