Quality measures for critically ill patients: Where does ventilator-associated condition fit in?

Chest

Volumn 144, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1429-1430

  Lilly, Craig M ^a,b,c,d   Ellison III, Richard T ^a,d,e,f  

^a Department of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Clinical and Population Health Research Program   (United States)

^d Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^f University of Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; CRYSTALLOID; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

EID: 84887453902     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.13-1887     Document Type: Editorial

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