Risk factors for nosocomial pneumonia in critically ill trauma patients

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 304-309

  Tejada Artigas, Antonio ^a   Bello Dronda, Salvador ^a,b   Chacón Vallés, Enrique ^a   Muñoz Marco, Javier ^a   Villuendas Usón, Maria Cruz ^a   Figueras, P ^a   Suarez, F J ^a   Hernandez A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MIGUEL SERVET   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abdominal injuries; Facial injuries; Femoral fractures; Head injuries; Intensive care unit; Mechanical ventilation; Multivariate analysis; Nosocomial pneumonia; Protected specimen brush; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0035113105     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200102000-00015     Document Type: Article

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