Emergency department length of stay: A major risk factor for pneumonia in intubated blunt trauma patients

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 9-12

  Carr, Brendan G ^a   Kaye, Adam J ^a   Wiebe, Douglas J ^a   Gracias, Vicente H ^a   Schwab, C William ^a   Reilly, Patrick M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency department boarding; Intubation; Pneumonia; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INJURY SCALE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; URBAN AREA; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 34447310884     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31805d8f6b     Document Type: Article

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