Incidence and Clinical Outcomes of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Liver Transplant and Non-Liver Transplant Surgical Patients

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1986-1988

  Pellegrino, C M ^a   Codeluppi, M ^a   Assenza, S ^a   Cocchi, S ^a   Di Benedetto, F ^a   Girardis, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL PATIENT; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 48049123744     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.05.022     Document Type: Article

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