Complications of nosocomial pneumonia in the surgical patient

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 63S-68S

  Rowe, Stephen ^a   Cheadle, William G ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMPYEMA; GANGRENE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LUNG ABSCESS; LUNG CONTUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL PATIENT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CROSS INFECTION; EMPYEMA; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LUNG ABSCESS; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT;

EID: 0034094797     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(00)00323-8     Document Type: Article

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