Alternative case definitions of ventilator-associated pneumonia identify different patients in a surgical intensive care unit

Shock

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 331-337

  Minei, Joseph P ^a   Hawkins, Kenneth ^b   Moody, Barbara ^b   Uchal, Linda B ^b   Joy, Kathryn ^b   Christensen, Laura L ^b   Haley, Robert W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Diagnosis; mechanical ventilation; bronchoalveolar lavage; Epidemiologic methods; Nosocomial pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RISK FACTOR; VENTILATOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RISK FACTORS; VENTILATORS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0039334747     PISSN: 10732322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00024382-200014030-00016     Document Type: Article

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