Ventilator-associated pneumonia in newborn infants diagnosed with an invasive bronchoalveolar lavage technique: A prospective observational study*

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 55-61

  Cernada, María ^a,b   Aguar, Marta ^b   Brugada, María ^a,b   Gutiérrez, Antonio ^b   López, José Luis ^b   Castell, Marta ^a   Vento, Máximo ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN SANITARIA DEL HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS IDISSC   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

Author keywords

bronchoalveolar lavage; infection; mechanical ventilation; newborn; pneumonia; sepsis

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTUBATION; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TRANSFUSION; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84873123625     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: 19473893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e318253ca31     Document Type: Review

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