Endotracheal tube-associated pneumonia

Anesthesiology

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 922-

  Sathishkumar, Subramanian ^a   Fassl, Jens ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPOBARISM; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; LUNG LAVAGE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICIAN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ASPIRATION; SUCTION DRAINAGE; TRACHEA INJURY; TRACHEOSTOMY; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; VENTILATOR; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

EID: 70349655758     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e3181b64c24     Document Type: Letter

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