Airway colonization in intubated patients

Clinical Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 207-213

  Ferrer, Ricard ^a   Pont, Teresa ^a   De Latorre, Francisco José ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

Colonization; Prevention; Tracheobronchial tree; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MUCOCILIARY CLEARANCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; REVIEW; STOMACH CONTENT; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE;

EID: 0034923399     PISSN: 10680640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00045413-200107000-00002     Document Type: Review

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