Is continuous subglottic suctioning cost-effective for the prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia?

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 131-135

  Hallais, Corinne ^a   Merle, Véronique ^a   Guitard, Pierre Gildas ^a   Moreau, Anne ^a   Josset, Valérie ^a   Thillard, Denis ^a   Haghighat, Suzanne ^a   Veber, Benoit ^a   Czernichow, Pierre ^a  

^a ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TOILET; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VENTILATED PATIENT; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FRANCE; GLOTTIS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; SUCTION;

EID: 78751663023     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/657943     Document Type: Article

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