Ventilator-associated pneumonia: present understanding and ongoing debates

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 34-48

  Nair, Girish B ^a,b   Niederman, Michael S ^a,b  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial treatment; Hospital acquired pneumonia; Nosocomial pneumonia; Prevention; Ventilator associated complications; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GLYCOPEPTIDE; LINEZOLID; TIGECYCLINE;

ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CLINICAL PULMONARY INFECTION SCORE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRUG RESISTANCE; HOSPITAL ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; ONSET AGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; CROSS INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED;

CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED;

EID: 84918505630     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-014-3564-5     Document Type: Review

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