Carriage classification of pneumonia rather than time improves survival

Chest

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1188-1189

  Silvestri, Luciano ^a   Van Saene, Hendrick K F ^b   De La Cal, Miguel A ^c   De Gaudio, Angelo Raffaele ^d  

^a Unit of Anesthesia and Intensive Care   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GETAFE   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; LETTER; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

EID: 70350107559     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.08-2910     Document Type: Letter

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