Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Children

Seminars in Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 58-64

  Wright, Melvin L ^a   Romano, Michael J ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; ENOXAPARIN; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; NARCOTIC AGENT; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; PROPOFOL; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; RANITIDINE; SEDATIVE AGENT; SUCRALFATE;

ARTICLE; BED; CATHETERIZATION; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GROUPS BY AGE; HAND WASHING; HEAD POSITION; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MICROBIOLOGY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; PEDIATRICS; PEPTIC ULCER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SEDATION; STOMACH PH; STOMACH SUCTION; STRESS ULCER; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; VACCINATION; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INFANT; PNEUMONIA; RISK FACTORS; VENTILATORS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 33745513092     PISSN: 10451870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.spid.2006.04.003     Document Type: Article

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