Value of the clinical pulmonary infection score for the identification and management of ventilator-associated pneumonia

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 844-852

  Luyt, Charles Edouard ^a   Chastre, Jean ^a   Fagon, Jean Yves ^b  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Serv de Reanimation Med   (France)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial treatment; Bronchoscopy; Clinical pulmonary infection score; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PNEUMONIA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE;

ALGORITHMS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CIPROFLOXACIN; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE;

EID: 2442483897     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-003-2125-0     Document Type: Article

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