A world without ventilator-associated pneumonia: Time to abandon surveillance and deconstruct the bundle

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 267-270

  Halpern, Neil A ^a   Hale, Kaye E ^a   Sepkowitz, Kent A ^a   Pastores, Stephen M ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical care; Hospital acquired infections; Intensive care unit; Surveillance; VAP; VAP bundle; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ALGORITHM; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; LUNG INJURY; MEDICARE; METRIC SYSTEM; NOTE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84055190011     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318232e3ec     Document Type: Note

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