Respiratory tract infections after cardiac surgery: Impact on hospital morbidity and mortality

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 907-914

  Riera, M ^a   Ibanez J ^a   Herrero, J ^a   Ignacio Saez De Ibarra J ^a   Enriquez F ^a   Campillo, C ^b   Bonnin O ^a  

^a Service of Cardiac Surgery   (Spain)

^b Balearic Islands Health Service   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biological markers; Pneumonia, ventilator associated; Thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; TRACHEAL ASPIRATION PROCEDURE; TRACHEOBRONCHITIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRONCHITIS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN; STROKE VOLUME; TIME FACTORS; TRACHEITIS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 79251472102     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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