The occurrence of pneumonia diagnosis among neurosurgical patients: The definition matters

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 123-129

  Kuusinen, Petri ^a   Ala Kokko, Tero ^a   Jartti, Airi ^a   Ahvenjarvi, Lauri ^a   Saynajakangas, Pirjo ^b   Ohtonen, Pasi ^a   Syrjala, Hannu ^a  

^a OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Raahe District Hospital   (Finland)

Author keywords

Clinical diagnosis; Definition; Epidemiologic methods; Hospital acquired pneumonia; Neurosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GENERAL SURVEILLANCE METHOD; HOSPITAL ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NEUROSURGERY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; SURGICAL PATIENT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC;

EID: 84861101109     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: 15560961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-011-9570-3     Document Type: Article

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