Care of the ventilator circuit and its relation to ventilator-associated pneumonia

Respiratory Care

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 869-879

  Hess, Dean R ^a   Kallstrom, Thomas J ^b   Mottram, Carl D ^b   Myers, Timothy R ^b   Sorenson, Helen M ^b   Vines, David L ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; HEATING; HUMAN; HUMIDIFIER; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; VENTILATOR; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; HUMIDITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SUCTION;

HUMANS; HUMIDITY; INFECTION CONTROL; PNEUMONIA; RISK FACTORS; SUCTION; VENTILATORS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 1542394258     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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