Effectiveness of a multidimensional approach for prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia in adult intensive care units from 14 developing countries of four continents: Findings of the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3121-3128

  Rosenthal, Victor D ^a   Rodrigues, Camilla ^b   Álvarez Moreno, Carlos ^c   Madani, Naoufel ^d   Mitrev, Zan ^e   Ye, Guxiang ^f   Salomao, Reinaldo ^g   Ulger, Fatma ^h   Guanche Garcell, Humberto ⁱ   Kanj, Souha S ^j   Cuéllar, Luis E ^k   Higuera, Francisco ^l   Mapp, Trudell ^m   Fernández Hidalgo, Rosalía ⁿ  

^a International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium   (Argentina)

^b P D HINDUJA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN IGNACIO   (Colombia)

^d Ibn Sina Medical ICU   (Morocco)

^e Filip II Special Hospital for Surgery   (Macedonia)

^f Tongji University School of Medicine   (China)

^g HOSPITAL SANTA MARCELINA   (Brazil)

^h ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

ⁱ Hospital Docente Clínico Quirúrgico Joaquín Albarrán Domínguez Havana   (Cuba)

^j AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^k INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES NEOPLÁSICAS   (Peru)

^l HOSPITAL GENERAL DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^m Clinica Hospital San Fernando   (Panama)

ⁿ Hospital Clinica Biblica   (Costa Rica)

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Author keywords

developing countries; intensive care unit; international multidimensional approach; International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium; ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; IMIPENEM; METICILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

ACINETOBACTER; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84870242875     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3182657916     Document Type: Article

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