Ventilator-associated pneumonia: Is there any gold in these standards?

Chest

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1883-1885

  Chinsky, Kenneth D ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECONOMICS; EDITORIAL; FLOW RATE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RANDOMIZATION; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTILATOR;

EID: 0036928552     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.122.6.1883     Document Type: Editorial

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