Acid-suppressive medication and hospital-acquired pneumonia

JAMA

Volumn 302, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1416-

  Wise, Matt P ^a   Saayman, Anton G ^a   Frost, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; HOSPITAL ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LETTER; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; PEPTIC ULCER BLEEDING; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH ACID; STRESS ULCER; ANIMAL; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE MODEL; MICROBIOLOGY; NOTE; RISK FACTOR; RODENT; STOMACH;

ANIMALS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA; PROTON PUMP INHIBITORS; RISK FACTORS; RODENTIA; STOMACH;

EID: 70349934542     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2009.1415     Document Type: Letter

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