Impact of ventilator-associated pneumonia in patients with severe head injury

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1234-1240

  Rincón Ferrari, Ma Dolores ^a   Flores Cordero, Juan M ^a   Leal Noval, S Ramón ^a   Murillo Cabezas, Francisco ^a   Cayuelas, Aurelio ^a   Muñoz Sánchez, M Angeles ^a   Sánchez Olmedo, J Ignacio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Case control study; Morbidity; Mortality; Severe head injury; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACINETOBACTER; ADULT; AGE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RISK; SPAIN;

EID: 11144236494     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000119200.70853.23     Document Type: Article

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