Ventilator-associated pneumonia in a newborn intensive care unit

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 724-729

  Petdachai, Witaya ^a  

^a Prachomklao Hospital   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CATHETERIZATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; VENTILATOR;

EID: 8444236751     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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