Impact of education on ventilator-associated pneumonia in the intensive care unit

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 281-284

  Subramanian, Pathmawathi ^a   Choy, Kee Leong ^b   Gobal, Suresh Venu ^a   Mansor, Marzida ^a   Ng, Kwan Hoong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY MALAYA MEDICAL CENTRE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Compliance; Intensive care; Knowledge; Ventilator care bundle; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN; PANTOPRAZOLE; RANITIDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING KNOWLEDGE; NURSING PRACTICE; PEPTIC ULCER; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; INTENSIVE CARE; MECHANICAL VENTILATOR; NURSING; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EDUCATION, NURSING; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; NURSING; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; VENTILATORS, MECHANICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878223758     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11622/smedj.2013109     Document Type: Article

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