Hospital-acquired pneumonia developed in non-intensive care units

Respiration

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 416-422

  Cakir Edis, Ebru ^a   Hatipoglu, Osman N ^a   Yilmam, Ilker ^a   Eker, Alper ^a   Tansel, Ozlem ^a   Sut, Necdet ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hospital acquired pneumonia; Non intensive care unit; Nosocomial pneumonia; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LUNG ASPIRATION; LUNG INFILTRATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL WARD; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350347142     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000232392     Document Type: Article

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