Ventilator-associated pneumonia in severe traumatic brain injury: The clinical significance of admission chest computed tomography findings

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 371-376

  Plurad, David S ^a   Kim, Dennis ^a   Bricker, Scott ^a   Lemesurier, Louis ^a   Neville, Angela ^a   Bongard, Frederic ^a   Putnam, Brant ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Enterobacter; Morbidity; Traumatic brain injury; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE MONITORING; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VENTILATED PATIENT; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879114386     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2013.01.036     Document Type: Article

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