Unintended consequences in the drive for zero

Thorax

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 463-465

  Klompas, Michael ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONSUMER; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG COST; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EDITORIAL; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTILATOR; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

EID: 67249151415     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2009.114165     Document Type: Editorial

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