Controversies in ventilator-associated pneumonia

Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-54

  Combes, Alain ^a   Luyt, Charles Edouard ^a   Trouillet, Jean Louis ^a   Chastre, Jean ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial stewardship; Bronchoalveolar lavage; Clinical outcome; Diagnostic techniques; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG LAVAGE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; VENTILATORS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 76749146070     PISSN: 10693424     EISSN: 10989048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1246288     Document Type: Review

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