The effect of ventilator-associated pneumonia on the prognosis of head trauma patients

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 705-710

  Kallel, Hatem ^a,b   Chelly, Hedi ^a   Bahloul, Mabrouk ^a   Ksibi, Hichem ^a   Dammak, Hassan ^a   Chaari, Adel ^a   Hamida, Chokri Ben ^a   Rekik, Noureddine ^a   Bouaziz, Mounir ^a  

^a Intensive Care Unit   (Tunisia)

^b HABIB BOURGUIBA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Cranial trauma; Morbidity; Mortality; Pneumonia; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUNISIA;

EID: 29544442475     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000177749.09844.c6     Document Type: Article

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