Predictive factors for septic shock in patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1222-1226

  Aydogdu, Muge ^a   Gursel, Gul ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hyperglycemia; Lymphocytopenia; Mortality; Septic shock; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CORTICOSTEROID; DOBUTAMINE; GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE; MACROLIDE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERGLYCEMIA; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPTIC SHOCK; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; AGE; APACHE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APACHE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SHOCK, SEPTIC;

EID: 58149361859     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181827891     Document Type: Article

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