Trends in nosocomial pneumonia in surgical patients as we approach the 21st century: A prospective analysis

American Surgeon

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 706-710

  Crabtree, Traves D ^a,b   Gleason, Thomas G ^a   Pruett, Timothy L ^a   Sawyer, Robert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURVIVAL RATE;

APACHE; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRGINIA;

EID: 0032766090     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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