Aspiration pneumonitis in an overdose population: Frequency, predictors, and outcomes

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 88-93

  Isbister, Geoffrey K ^a,b   Downes, Fiona ^b   Sibbritt, David ^a   Dawson, Andrew H ^b   Whyte, Ian M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b NEWCASTLE MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Aspiration; Aspiration pneumonia; Critical care; Glasgow Coma Score; Intensive care; Overdose; Poisoning; Unconsciousness

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; CHARCOAL; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VOMITING;

EID: 1642533604     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000104207.42729.E4     Document Type: Article

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