Adherence to evidence-based recommendations for prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia: The survey says...

Respiratory Care

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1678-1679

  Safdar, Nasia ^a,b   Abad, Cybele L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b WILLIAM S MIDDLETON MEMORIAL VETERANS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; NOTE; UNITED STATES;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40649094077     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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