Surveillance versus clinical adjudication: Differences persist with new ventilator-associated event definition

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 589-591

  McMullen, Kathleen M ^a   Boyer, Anthony F ^b   Schoenberg, Noah ^b   Babcock, Hilary M ^b   Micek, Scott T ^c   Kollef, Marin H ^b  

^a BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ST LOUIS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY   (United States)

Author keywords

Infections; Nosocomial; Pneumonia; Surveillance; Ventilator associated

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY PRESSURE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MECHANICAL VENTILATOR; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ALGORITHM; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; INFECTION CONTROL; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ALGORITHMS; CRITICAL CARE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENTILATORS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84931572389     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2015.03.004     Document Type: Article

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