Risk factors for the development of nosocomial pneumonia and mortality on intensive care units: Application of competing risks models

Critical Care

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Wolkewitz, Martin ^a   Vonberg, Ralf Peter ^b   Grundmann, Hajo ^c   Beyersmann, Jan ^a   Gastmeier, Petra ^b   Bärwolff, Sina ^d   Geffers, Christine ^d   Behnke, Michael ^d   Rüden, Henning ^d   Schumacher, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HEALTH SURVEY; METHODOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SURGERY;

CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 42949122104     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc6852     Document Type: Article

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