Longer duration of mechanical ventilation was found to be associated with ventilator-associated pneumonia in children aged 1 month to 12 years in India

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 62-66

  Awasthi, Shally ^a   Tahazzul, Mohammad ^a   Ambast, Ankur ^a   Govil, Yogesh C ^a   Jain, Amita ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Attendants; Bacterial isolates; Intensive care unit; Risk factors; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CANDIDA; CHILD; DEHYDRATION; DENGUE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL CONSENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPTICEMIA; SHOCK; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TETANUS; TRACHEAL ASPIRATION PROCEDURE; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TOILET; TREATMENT DURATION; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PNEUMONIA, STAPHYLOCOCCAL; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 84869986962     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2012.06.006     Document Type: Article

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