The Effect of Humidification on the Incidence of Ventilator-associated Pneumonia

Respiratory Care Clinics of North America

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 263-273

  Ricard, Jean Damien ^a,c   Boyer, Alexandre ^b   Dreyfuss, Didier ^a,c  

^a VII   (France)

^b BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c HÔPITAL LOUIS MOURIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; COST CONTROL; HUMAN; HUMIDIFIER; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; VENTILATOR; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 33745647602     PISSN: 10785337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcc.2006.03.007     Document Type: Review

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