Postoperative pneumonia

American Surgeon

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 133-137

  Croce, Martin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AZTREONAM; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; PIPERACILLIN; SULTAMICILLIN; TIMENTIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRONCHOSCOPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LUNG LAVAGE; PNEUMONIA; RISK FACTOR; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SPUTUM CULTURE;

CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; VENTILATORS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0033983008     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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