Semi-recumbent body position fails to prevent healthcare-associated pneumonia in Vietnamese patients with severe tetanus

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 90-97

  Loan, Huynh Thi ^a   Parry, Janet ^b,c   Nga, Nguyen Thi Ngoc ^a   Yen, Lam Minh ^a   Binh, Nguyen Thien ^a   Thuy, Tran Thi Diem ^a   Duong, Nguyen Minh ^a   Campbell, James I ^b,c   Thwaites, Louise ^b,c   Farrar, Jeremy J ^b,c   Parry, Christopher M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD UNIVERSITY CLINICAL RESEARCH UNIT   (Viet Nam)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body position; Healthcare associated pneumonia; Semi recumbent; Tetanus; Tracheostomy; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BODY POSITION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SUPINE POSITION; TETANUS; TRACHEOSTOMY; VIET NAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT POSITIONING; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TETANUS; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE; VIETNAM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855525777     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2011.10.010     Document Type: Article

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