Pulmonary infiltrates in the surgical ICU: Prospective assessment of predictors of etiology and mortality

Chest

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1129-1136

  Singh, Nina ^b   Falestiny, Magdy N ^a   Rogers, Paul ^c   Reed, Mary Jane ^c   Pularski, Jean ^c   Norris, Robert ^c   Yu, Victor L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Acute lung injury; Haemophilus influenzae; Intensive care unit; Liver disease; Mortality; Pneumonia; Pulmonary edema; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; HAEMOPHILUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG INFILTRATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SURGICAL PATIENT;

EID: 0031760105     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.114.4.1129     Document Type: Article

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