Ventilator-associated pneumonia after heart surgery: A prospective analysis and the value of surveillance

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1964-1970

  Bouza, Emilio ^a   Pérez, Ana ^a   Muñoz, Patricia ^a   Pérez, M Jesús ^a   Rincón, Cristina ^a   Sánchez, Carlos ^a   Martín Rabadán, Pablo ^a   Riesgo, Mariano ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Heart surgery; Nosocomial infection; Nosocomial pneumonia; Purulent tracheobronchitis; Surveillance cultures; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRONCHITIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TRACHEITIS;

EID: 0042593454     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000084807.15352.93     Document Type: Article

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