Silver-coated endotracheal tubes and patient outcomes in ventilator-associated pneumonia

JAMA

Volumn 300, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 2605-

  Klompas, Michael ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILVER; SILVER DERIVATIVE; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LETTER; LUNG LAVAGE; MATERIAL COATING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; RISK FACTOR; BIOFILM; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EQUIPMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NOTE;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BIOFILMS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SILVER COMPOUNDS;

EID: 57449114523     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2008.760     Document Type: Letter

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