Nosocomial and ventilator-associated pneumonia in a community hospital intensive care unit: A retrospective review and analysis

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Behnia, Mehrdad ^a   Logan, Sharon C ^a   Fallen, Linda ^a   Catalano, Philip ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decortications; Empyema; Nosocomial; Pneumonia; Ventilator associated

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; THORACOTOMY; TRACHEOSTOMY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THORACOTOMY; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 84899492499     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-7-232     Document Type: Review

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