Ventilator-associated pneumonia: Depends on your definition

American Surgeon

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 851-854

  Novosel, Timothy J ^a   Hodge, Laura A ^a   Weireter, Leonard J ^a   Britt, Rebecca C ^a   Collins, Jay N ^a   Reed, Scott F ^a   Britt, L D ^a  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ALGORITHMS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRAUMA CENTERS; VIRGINIA;

EID: 84864752235     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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