Attributable costs of ventilator-associated lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) acquired on intensive care units: A retrospectively matched cohort study

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Leistner, Rasmus ^a   Kankura, Linda ^a   Bloch, Andy ^a   Sohr, Dorit ^a   Gastmeier, Petra ^a   Geffers, Christine ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Costs and length of stay; Intensive care unit; Lower respiratory tract infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE INFECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VENTILATOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 84887821576     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20472994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2047-2994-2-13     Document Type: Article

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