Attributable mortality of ventilator-associated pneumonia: A reappraisal using causal analysis

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 184, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1133-1139

  Bekaert, Maarten ^a   Timsit, Jean Francois ^c,d   Vansteelandt, Stijn ^a,e   Depuydt, Pieter ^b,f   Vésin, Aurélien ^d   Garrouste Orgeas, Maité ^g   Decruyenaere, Johan ^f   Clec'h, Christophe ^h   Azoulay, Elie ⁱ   Benoit, Dominique ^f  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c HÔPITAL MICHALLON   (France)

^d INSERM   (France)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^g SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (France)

^h AVICENNE HOSPITAL   (France)

ⁱ SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Attributable mortality; Causal inference; Severity of illness; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRONCHUS SECRETION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; COMA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER DISEASE; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHOCK; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CAUSALITY; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 81455150146     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201105-0867OC     Document Type: Article

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