Nosocomial pneumonia in the intensive care unit of a Brazilian university hospital: An analysis of the time span from admission to disease onset

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 209-214

  Neves Gusmão, Maria Enoy ^a   Dourado, Inês ^a   Fiaccone, Rosimeire Leovigildo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAZIL; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PNEUMONIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRAZIL; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 3042846915     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2003.11.003     Document Type: Article

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