Sonographic patterns of lung consolidation in mechanically ventilated patients with and without ventilator-associated pneumonia: A prospective cohort study

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 327-333

  Berlet, Thomas ^a   Etter, Reto ^a   Fehr, Tobias ^a   Berger, David ^a   Sendi, Parham ^a   Merz, Tobias M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Pneumonia, ventilator associated; Technology assessment, biomedical; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRONCHOGRAPHY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG CONSOLIDATION; LUNG STRUCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT MONITORING; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; AGED; LUNG; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84923083396     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: 15578615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2014.11.021     Document Type: Article

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