Ventilator-associated pneumonia: Bacteremia and death after traumatic injury

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 713-719

  O'Keefe, Grant E ^a   Caldwell, Ellen ^a   Cuschieri, Joseph ^a   Wurfel, Mark M ^a   Evans, Heather L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Outcome; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ACUTE PHYSIOLOGY SCORE; ADULT; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLUNT TRAUMA; BRAIN INJURY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FATALITY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE; LEG INJURY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE INJURY; THORAX INJURY; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FOLLOW UP; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; RISK; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BACTEREMIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; WASHINGTON; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862655115     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3182349d14     Document Type: Article

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