Controversies in the diagnosis of ventilator-acquired pneumonia

Medical Clinics of North America

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1565-1581

  Waterer, Grant W ^a   Wunderink, Richard G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Research Department   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG VENTILATION; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034769141     PISSN: 00257125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-7125(05)70396-5     Document Type: Article

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