Suspected ventilator-associated respiratory infection in severely ill patients: A prospective observational study

Critical Care

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Shahin, Jason ^a   Bielinski, Michael ^a   Guichon, Celine ^a   Flemming, Catherine ^a   Kristof, Arnold S ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEVICE INFECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SPUTUM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEOBRONCHITIS; TREATMENT DURATION; VENTILATED PATIENT; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED TRACHEOBRONCHITIS; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; COMORBIDITY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84886887307     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc13077     Document Type: Article

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