A comparison of ventilator-associated pneumonia rates as identified according to the National Healthcare Safety Network and American College of Chest Physicians criteria

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 281-284

  Skrupky, Lee P ^a   McConnell, Kevin ^b   Dallas, John ^b   Kollef, Marin H ^b  

^a BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Intensive care; Pneumonia; Ventilator

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; SCREENING; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84055160850     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31822d7913     Document Type: Article

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