Objective surveillance definitions for ventilator-associated pneumonia

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3154-3161

  Klompas, Michael ^a,b   Magill, Shelley ^g   Robicsek, Ari ^d   Strymish, Judith M ^e   Kleinman, Ken ^a   Evans, R Scott ^f,g   Lloyd, James F ^g   Khan, Yosef ^h   Yokoe, Deborah S ^b   Stevenson, Kurt ^h   Samore, Matthew ^c   Platt, Richard ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g Intermountain Healthcare ^*

^h THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

epidemiology; infection control; quality improvement; ventilator associated pneumonia; ventilator induced lung injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUTROPHIL; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870238950     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318260c6d9     Document Type: Article

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