Aspiration prevention protocol: Decreasing postoperative pneumonia in heart surgery patients

Critical Care Nurse

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 38-45

  Starks, Bobbie ^a   Harbert, Christy ^b  

^a Regional Medical Center   (United States)

^b Landstuhl Regional Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NURSING; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 83655192717     PISSN: 02795442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ccn2011462     Document Type: Article

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