The results of a 6-year epidemiologic surveillance for ventilator- associated pneumonia at a tertiary care intensive care unit in Saudi Arabia

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 794-799

  Al Dorzi, Hasan M ^a   El Saed, Aiman ^a,b   Rishu, Asgar H ^a   Balkhy, Hanan H ^a   Memish, Ziad A ^c   Arabi, Yaseen M ^a,d  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^c ALFAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Critically ill; Mechanical ventilation; Mortality; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HAZARD RATIO; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTUBATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT DURATION; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; TERTIARY HEALTHCARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868214083     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2011.10.004     Document Type: Article

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