Ventilator associated pneumonia in critically-ill neonates admitted to neonatal intensive care unit, Zagazig University Hospitals

Iranian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 418-424

  Badr, Mohamed A ^a   Ali, Yasser F ^a   Albanna, Ehab A M ^a   Beshir, Mohamed R ^a   Amr, Gahda E ^a  

^a ZAGAZIG UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Low birth weight; Neonatal intensive care unit; Neonate; Prematurity; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EGYPT; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; HYPOTHERMIA; KLEBSIELLA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OXYGEN TENSION; PREMATURITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TREATMENT DURATION; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

EID: 83455195577     PISSN: 10184406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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