Impact of a protocol for prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1390-1396

  Omrane, Rajae ^a,c   Eid, Jihane ^a   Perreault, Marc M ^b   Yazbeck, Hala ^a   Berbiche, Djamal ^b   Gursahaney, Ashvini ^a   Moride, Yola ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c Université de Montréal ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Prevention; Protocol; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CALCULATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

EID: 34548177961     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1H678     Document Type: Article

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