Impact of hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) guidelines on outcome

Clinical Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 7-12

  Álvarez Lerma, Francisco ^a   Olaechea Astigarraga, Pedro M ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE GALDAKAO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Critically ill patients; Empiric antibiotic therapy; Hospital acquired pneumonia; Protocolized treatment guidelines

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COLISTIN; ERTAPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HOSPITAL ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 33846290719     PISSN: 10680640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.cpm.0000252701.58006.b8     Document Type: Review

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