Pulmonary infection in the brain injured patient

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 285-290

  Fabregas N ^a,b,d   Torres, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b URSC   (Spain)

^c Institut Clinic de Pneumologia i Cirugia Torácica   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Pneumonia, ventilator associated

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BRAIN INJURY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MORTALITY; RISK; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; INTENSIVE CARE; REVIEW; VENTILATOR;

BRAIN INJURIES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; VENTILATORS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0036549908     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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