Ventilator-associated pneumonia in a tertiary paediatric intensive care unit: A 1-year prospective observational study

Critical Care and Resuscitation

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 283-289

  Gautam, Anil ^a   Ganu, Subodh S ^a,b   Tegg, Oliver J ^a   Andresen, David N ^a   Wilkins, Barry H ^a   Schell, David N ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW SOUTH WALES; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84873162647     PISSN: 14412772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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