Should the diagnosis of ventilator associated pneumonia be improved?;¿Debemos mejorar el diagnóstico de la neumonía asociada aventilación mecánica?

Medicina Intensiva

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 578-582

  Estella, A ^a   Alvarez Lerma F ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE JEREZ   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Qualitative tracheal aspirate; Ventilator associated pneumonia; Zero Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LEARNING ALGORITHM; LENGTH OF STAY; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRACHEAL ASPIRATION PROCEDURE; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; BRONCHOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REGISTRIES; SPAIN; TRACHEA;

EID: 82955203407     PISSN: 02105691     EISSN: 15786749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medin.2011.08.007     Document Type: Article

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