Nosocomial pneumonia and mortality among patients in intensive care units

JAMA

Volumn 275, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 866-869

  Fagon, Jean Yves ^b   Chastre, Jean ^b   Vuagnat, Albert ^b   Trouillet, Jean Louis ^b   Novara, Ana ^b   Gibert, Claude ^b  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTEREMIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0030009232     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.275.11.866     Document Type: Article

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