Ventilator associated pneumonia;La polmonite da ventilatore

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 315-319

  Bellani, S ^a   Nesci, M ^a   Celotto, S ^a   Lampati, L ^a   Lucchini, A ^a  

^a SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Intensive care units; Pneumonial; Respiration, artificial

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPIRATION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; TRACHEA; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; REVIEW;

HUMANS; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0141724842     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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