Ventilator-associated pneumonia: Caveats for benchmarking

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2086-2089

  Eggimann, Philippe ^a   Hugonnet, Stéphane ^a   Sax, Hugo ^a   Touveneau, Sylvie ^a   Chevrolet, Jean Claude ^a   Pittet, Didier ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Critical care; Nosocomial infection; Nosocomial pneumonia; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEACHING HOSPITAL; VENTILATOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BENCHMARKING; CRITICAL CARE; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SWITZERLAND; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0345257052     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-003-1991-9     Document Type: Article

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