Risk factors and outcomes for ventilator-associated pneumonia in neonatal intensive care unit patients

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 334-338

  Yuan, Tian Ming ^a   Chen, Li Hua ^a   Yu, Hui Min ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Neonatal intensive care unit; Risk factor; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TOILET; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34447115829     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2007.065     Document Type: Article

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