Prevention of stroke-associated pneumonia: Where next?

The Lancet

Volumn 386, Issue 10006, 2015, Pages 1802-1804

  Meisel, Andreas ^a   Smith, Craig J ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CLARITHROMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DYSPHAGIA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NOTE; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STROKE UNIT; TERMINAL CARE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; MALE; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; PROCEDURES;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; STROKE;

EID: 84947047024     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)00127-0     Document Type: Note

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