Incidence and attributable costs of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in a tertiary-level intensive care unit (ICU) in northern India

Journal of Infection and Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 127-135

  Mathai, Ashu Sara ^a   Phillips, Atul ^a   Kaur, Paramdeep ^a   Isaac, Rajesh ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Attributable costs; Intensive care unit; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG COST; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; AGED; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84933674143     PISSN: 18760341     EISSN: 1876035X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2014.07.005     Document Type: Article

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