Intensive care unit core measures improve infectious complications in burn patients

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 190-195

  Wahl, Wendy L ^a   Arbabi, Saman ^b   Zalewski, Christy ^a   Wang, Stewart C ^a   Hemmila, Mark R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; CATHETER INFECTION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG BURN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS ULCER; VENTILATOR; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; WEANING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTEREMIA; BURNS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75649129627     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e3181c89f0b     Document Type: Article

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