Prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia: Selecting interventions that make a difference

Chest

Volumn 121, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2002, Pages 679-681

  Iregui, Manuel ^a   Kollef, Marin H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FIBRONECTIN; FIBRONECTIN ANTIBODY; SUCRALFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPIRATION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT POSITIONING; PNEUMONIA; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRESS ULCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036202797     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.121.3.679     Document Type: Editorial

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