Early gastrostomy reduces the rate of ventilator-associated pneumonia in stroke or head injury patients

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 106-111

  Kostadima, Eleni ^a   Kaditis, A G ^a   Alexopoulos, E I ^a   Zakynthinos, E ^a   Sfyras, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Mechanical ventilation; Nosocomial pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEMALE; GASTROSTOMY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORTALITY; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; APACHE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; GASTROSTOMY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 21744452169     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.05.00096104     Document Type: Article

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