Ventilator-associated pneumonia: Issues related to the artificial airway

Respiratory Care

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 900-906

  Diaz, Emili ^a   Rodríguez, Alejandro H ^a   Rello, Jordi ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI JOAN XXIII   (Spain)

Author keywords

Artificial airway; Silver coated endotracheal tube; Subglottic secretion drainage; Tracheotomy; VAP; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; META ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECRETION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRACHEOTOMY; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; DOG; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; GLOTTIS; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROBIOLOGY; VENTILATOR; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ANIMALS; DOGS; DRAINAGE; GLOTTIS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; TRACHEOTOMY; VENTILATORS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 26944443911     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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