The value of pretest probability and modified clinical pulmonary infection score to diagnose ventilator-associated pneumonia

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 50-57

  Lauzier, François ^a,b   Ruest, Annie ^a,b   Cook, Deborah ^a   Dodek, Peter ^c   Albert, Martin ^d   Shorr, Andrew F ^e   Day, Andrew ^f   Jiang, Xuran ^f   Heyland, Daren ^f,g  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^f KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^g QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical pulmonary infection score; Pneumonia; Pretest probability

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM;

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OXYGEN TENSION; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 40849124043     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2008.01.006     Document Type: Article

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