A prospective study of ventilator-associated pneumonia in children

Pediatrics

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1108-1115

  Srinivasan, Ramya ^a,e   Asselin, Jeanette ^b   Gildengorin, Ginny ^c   Wiener Kronish, J ^d   Flori, H R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Pediatric Critical Care Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Intensive care; Outcome; Pneumonia; Prospective study; Ventilator associated

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEATH; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE SEPSIS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MICROBIOLOGY;

COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 65349171471     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-1211     Document Type: Article

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