Opportunities for antibiotic reduction in mechanically ventilated children

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 282-285

  Toltzis, Philip ^a   Elward, Alexis ^b   Davis, Daniela ^c   Helfaer, Mark ^c,d   Smathers, Sarah ^c   Zaoutis, Theoklis ^c,e  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

antibiotic resistance; antibiotic utilization; Bacterial pneumonia; bronchoalveolar lavage; mechanical ventilation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CHILD; CHILD SAFETY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

EID: 79955895573     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e3181f39f0e     Document Type: Article

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