Ventilator-associated pneumonia in children

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 155-158

  Hamid, Muhammad Haroon ^a   Malik, Muhammad Akbar ^a   Masood, Jawad ^b   Zia, Ahmed ^a   Ahmad, Tahir Masood ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b National Institute of Heart Diseases National University of Medical Sciences   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Children; Nosocomial infection; Paediatric intensive care; Ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSEUDOMONAS; SEDATION; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MALE; PAKISTAN; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84864391198     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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