Accuracy of clinical definitions of ventilator-associated pneumonia: Comparison with autopsy findings

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 62-68

  Tejerina, Eva ^a   Esteban, Andrés ^a,b   Fernández Segoviano, Pilar ^a   Frutos Vivar, Fernando ^a,b   Aramburu, José ^a   Ballesteros, Daniel ^a   Rodríguez Barbero, José María ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GETAFE   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Autopsy findings; Clinical diagnosis; Microbiological cultures; Radiographic infiltrates; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUTOPSY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG INFILTRATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

AGED; AUTOPSY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77049125763     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2009.05.008     Document Type: Article

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