Critical illness related pneumonia rather than ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP)

Respiratory Care

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 329-330

  Zandstra, Durk Freark ^a   Petros, Andy J ^b   Silvestri, Luciano ^c   van Saene, Hendrik K F ^d   Taylor, Nia ^d  

^a ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Gorizia Regional Hospital   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; HOSPITAL ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NONINVASIVE VENTILATION; OROPHARYNX; PNEUMONIA; RISK FACTOR; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED;

EID: 84856784727     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: 19433654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4187/respcare.01561     Document Type: Letter

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