Ventilator-associated pneumonia: The clinical pulmonary infection score as a surrogate for diagnostics and outcome

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 51, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Zilberberg, Marya D ^a,b   Shorr, Andrew F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b EviMed Research Group LLC   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; CALCULATION; CLINICAL PULMONARY INFECTION SCORE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE MARKER; FEVER; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGENATION; PHYSICAL DISEASE BY BODY FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; BIOASSAY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PATHOLOGY; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

EID: 77955678737     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/653062     Document Type: Conference Paper

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