Risk factors for nosocomial pneumonia: Focus on prophylaxis

Medical Clinics of North America

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1545-1563

  Fleming, Catherine A ^a   Balaguera, Henri U ^a   Craven, Donald E ^b,c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LUNG PARENCHYMA; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT CARE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034774929     PISSN: 00257125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-7125(05)70395-3     Document Type: Article

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