Ventilator-associated pneumonia: Diagnosis, pathogenesis and prevention

Anaesthesia

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1183-1197

  Young, P J ^a   Ridley, S A ^a  

^a Adults and Learning Disabilities   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intubation; tracheal; Ventilation, mechanical; ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BRONCHIOLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CUFF; DENTITION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LARYNX; LEUKOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; MORTALITY; OROPHARYNX; PARANASAL SINUS; PNEUMONIA; SECRETIONS; STOMACH;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 0032724482     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.1999.01035.x     Document Type: Article

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