Recommendations for the diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia;Recomendaciones para el diagnóstico de la neumonía asociada a ventilación mecánica

Medicina Intensiva

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 271-282

  Alvarez Lerma F ^a   Torres Marti A ^a   Rodriguez De Castro F ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BURN; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SURGICAL PATIENT;

EID: 0035178254     PISSN: 02105691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0210-5691(01)79702-1     Document Type: Article

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