Nosocomial pneumonia in a pediatric intensive care unit

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 511-518

  Patra, P K ^a   Jayashree, Muralidharan ^a   Singhi, S ^a   Ray, P ^a   Saxena, A K ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Endotracheal aspirate; Nosocomial pneumonia; Reintubation

Indexed keywords

ACHROMOBACTER ANITRATUM; ACINETOBACTER; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPIRATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; KLEBSIELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NOSE FEEDING; NOSOCOMIAL PNEUMONIA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ORGANISM; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RISK FACTOR; SEDATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34447526460     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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