Ventilator-associated pneumonia in a neurologic intensive care unit does not lead to increased mortality

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 155-158

  Josephson, S Andrew ^a   Moheet, Asma M ^a   Gropper, Michael A ^a   Nichols, Amy D ^a   Smith, Wade S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mortality; Neurologic intensive care; Outcome; Quality; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGY; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953612765     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-009-9285-x     Document Type: Article

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