Early-onset ventilator-associated pneumonia incidence in intensive care units: A surveillance-based study

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Vanhems, Philippe ^a,b   Bénet, Thomas ^a,b   Voirin, Nicolas ^a,b   Januel, Jean Marie ^c   Lepape, Alain ^d   Allaouchiche, Bernard ^a   Argaud, Laurent ^a   Chassard, Dominique ^d   Guérin, Claude ^e  

^a EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

^e CROIX ROUSSE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOSPITAL ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; FRANCE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 80052572466     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-11-236     Document Type: Article

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