Incidence, Etiology, and Outcome of Nosocomial Pneumonia in ICU Patients Requiring Percutaneous Tracheotomy for Mechanical Ventilation

Chest

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2239-2243

  Rello, Jordi ^a   Lorente, Carmen ^a   Diaz, Emili ^a   Bodi, Maria ^a   Boque, Carmen ^a   Sandiumenge, Albert ^a   Santamaria, Josep Maria ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI JOAN XXIII   (Spain)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Incidence; Outcome; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Tracheotomy; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; LUNG ASPIRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERCUTANEOUS DILATATIONAL TRACHEOTOMY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RISK FACTOR; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; TRACHEA ASPIRATION; TRACHEOTOMY; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

EID: 0346993417     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.124.6.2239     Document Type: Article

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