Incidence, risk stratification, antibiogram of pathogens isolated and clinical outcome of ventilator associated pneumonia

Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 96-101

  Gupta, Alok ^a   Agrawal, Avinash ^a   Mehrotra, Sanjay ^a   Singh, Abhishek ^a   Malik, Shruti ^a   Khanna, Arjun ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

APACHE II score; clinical pulmonary infection score; mechanical ventilation; ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; APACHE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; TRACHEAL ASPIRATION PROCEDURE; VENTILATED PATIENT; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

EID: 79960817131     PISSN: 09725229     EISSN: 1998359X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-5229.83015     Document Type: Article

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