Ventilator-associated pneumonia: Incidence, risk factors, outcome, and microbiology

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 22-28

  Pawar, Mandakini ^a   Mehta, Yatin ^a   Khurana, Poonam ^a   Chaudhary, Anshumali ^a   Kulkarni, Vinay ^a   Trehan, Naresh ^a  

^a ESCORTS HEART INSTITUTE AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Intermittent positive pressure ventilation (IPPV); Steroids; Ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP)

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; STEROID;

ACINETOBACTER; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AORTA BALLOON; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENTERIC FEEDING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMITTENT POSITIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION; INTUBATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SCORING SYSTEM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STEROID THERAPY; TRACHEOSTOMY; VENTILATOR;

EID: 0037292948     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jcan.2003.4     Document Type: Article

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