The incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia and success in nutrient delivery with gastric versus small intestinal feeding: A randomized clinical trial

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1742-1746

  Kearns, Patrick J ^a,b   Chin, Donna ^a   Mueller, Lucie ^a   Wallace, Karen ^a   Jensen, William A ^a   Kirsch, Carl M ^a  

^a SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SCVMC   (United States)

Author keywords

Enteral; Gastric feeding; Hospital acquired pneumonia; Nosocomial pneumonia; Nutrition; Small intestine; Tube feeding; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CALORIC INTAKE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEEDING; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VENTILATOR;

EID: 0033935832     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200006000-00007     Document Type: Article

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