Ventilator-associated sinusitis: A review

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 851-864

  Westergren, Viveka ^a   Lundblad, Lars ^b   Hellquist, Henrik B ^b   Forsum, Urban ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

BACTERIUM CULTURE; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; NASOTRACHEAL TUBE; PARANASAL SINUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SINUSITIS; VENTILATOR;

EID: 2442724487     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514932     Document Type: Review

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