Effect of frequency of ventilator circuit changes (3 vs 7 days) on the rate of ventilator-associated pneumonia in PICU

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 56-61

  Samransamruajkit, Rujipat ^a   Jirapaiboonsuk, Suree ^a   Siritantiwat, Sirirush ^a   Tungsrijitdee, Ornanong ^a   Deerojanawong, Jitladda ^a   Sritippayawan, Suchada ^a   Prapphal, Nuanchan ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

VAP in PICU; Ventilator circuit change

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; VENTILATOR; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MALE; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RISK FACTORS; THAILAND; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTILATORS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 77049110103     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2009.03.005     Document Type: Article

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