The occurrence of ventilator-associated pneumonia in a community hospital: Risk factors and clinical outcomes

Chest

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 555-561

  Ibrahim, Emad H ^a   Tracy, Linda ^a   Hill, Cherie ^a   Fraser, Victoria J ^a   Kollef, Marin H ^a  

^a BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical outcomes; Community hospital; Critical care; Hospital mortality; ICU; Infection; Nosocomial pneumonia; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANTACID AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTEREMIA; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION RISK; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT MONITORING; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; TRACHEOSTOMY; VENTILATOR;

EID: 0034831601     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.120.2.555     Document Type: Article

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