Ventilator-associated pneumonia: Caveats for benchmarking [3] (multiple letters)

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 996-997

  Tulleken, J E ^a   Zijlstra, J G ^a   Ligtenberg, J J M ^a   Spanjersberg, R ^a   Van Der Werf, T S ^a   Eggimann, P ^b   Hugonnet, S ^b   Sax, H ^b   Chevrolet, J C ^b   Pittet, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATELECTASIS; DISEASE CONTROL; EDEMA; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; LUNG INFILTRATE; PATIENT CARE; PNEUMONIA; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; VENTILATOR;

EID: 2442498571     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-004-2247-z     Document Type: Letter

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