Constipation in long-term ventilated patients: Associated factors and impact on intensive care unit outcomes

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1933-1938

  Gacouin, Arnaud ^a   Camus, Christophe ^a   Gros, Antoine ^a   Isslame, Sonia ^a   Marque, Sophie ^a   Lavoué, Sylvain ^a   Chimot, Loic ^a   Donnio, Pierre Yves ^a   Le Tulzo, Yves ^a  

^a PONTCHAILLOU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

acquired infections; constipation; intensive care unit; mechanical ventilation; observational study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSTIPATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONSTIPATION; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957234395     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181eb9236     Document Type: Article

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