Collaborative cohort study of an intervention to reduce ventilator-associated pneumonia in the intensive care unit

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 305-314

  Berenholtz, Sean M ^a,g   Pham, Julius C ^a   Thompson, David A ^a   Needham, Dale M ^a   Lubomski, Lisa H ^a   Hyzy, Robert C ^b   Welsh, Robert ^c   Cosgrove, Sara E ^a   Sexton, J Bryan ^a,d   Colantuoni, Elizabeth ^g   Watson, Sam R ^e   Goeschel, Christine A ^a,f,g   Pronovost, Peter J ^a,f,g  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Michigan Health and Hospital Association Keystone Center   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTACID AGENT; FENTANYL; HALOPERIDOL; HEPARIN; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HYDROMORPHONE; LORAZEPAM; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; PETHIDINE; PROPOFOL; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; SUCRALFATE; WARFARIN;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEDICAL RECORD; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SEDATION; STRESS ULCER; TREATMENT DURATION; UNITED STATES; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

COHORT STUDIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 79952594691     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/658938     Document Type: Article

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