Diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia: A systematic review of the literature

Critical Care

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Rea Neto, Alvaro ^a   Youssef, Nazah Cherif M ^a   Tuche, Fabio ^a   Brunkhorst, Frank ^a   Marco, V Marco ^b   Reinhart, Konrad ^a   Sakr, Yasser ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; ENDOTOXIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; PROCALCITONIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEVER; GRAM STAINING; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LEUKOPENIA; LUNG LAVAGE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPPURATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEAL ASPIRATION PROCEDURE; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BIOPSY; CROSS INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

BIOPSY; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 44049106813     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc6877     Document Type: Article

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