Use of computerized surveillance to detect nosocomial pneumonia in neonatal intensive care unit patients

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 439-443

  Haas, Janet P ^a,b   Mendonça, Eneida A ^a   Ross, Barbara ^c   Friedman, Carol ^a   Larson, Elaine ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PATIENT; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGY; SCREENING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

COMPUTERS; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MEDICAL INFORMATICS APPLICATIONS; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 26444599602     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2005.06.008     Document Type: Article

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