Effects of a simple protocol on infective complications in intensive care unit patients undergoing percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy

Respiratory Care

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-37

  Jacobs, Sydney ^a   Al Rasheed, Abdul Mohsen ^a   Abdulsamat, Wadood ^a   Al Barrak, Ali ^a   Al Omer, Nasser Fawzan ^a   Tjan, David ^a   Zuleika, Mehrun ^a   Ahmed, Faham ^a   Enani, Mushera ^a  

^a The General Directorate of Armed Forces Health Services   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Infection control; Intensive care; Nosocomial pneumonia; Percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PNEUMONIA; SEPTIC SHOCK; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CROSS INFECTION; GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS PROCEDURES AND TECHNIQUES; INFECTION CONTROL; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTEREMIA; CROSS INFECTION; DILATATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 0038521371     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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