Prevention of infection in the intensive care unit: Current advances and opportunities for the future

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 461-464

  Lorente, Carmen ^a   Del Castillo, Yolanda ^a   Rello, Jordi ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI JOAN XXIII   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PNEUMONIA; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; VENTILATOR;

CROSS INFECTION; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS;

EID: 0036790067     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00075198-200210000-00015     Document Type: Review

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