Role of breathing system filter in prevention of postoperative nosocomial respiratory infection: A pilot study

Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 345-349

  Tyagi, Asha ^a   Agrawal, Deepti ^a   Gupta, Sumit ^a   Kumar, Ashwini ^a   Mohta, Medha ^a   Sethi, Ashok Kumar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia breathing system; Contamination; Filters

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ARTICLE; BREATHING APPARATUS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; FILTER DESIGN; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INFECTION PREVENTION; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 77957037909     PISSN: 09709185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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