Automated Surveillance for Ventilator-Associated Events

Chest

Volumn 146, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1612-1618

  Stevens, Jennifer P ^a,b   Silva, George ^a   Gillis, Jean ^a   Novack, Victor ^a,c   Talmor, Daniel ^a,b   Klompas, Michael ^b,d   Howell, Michael D ^a,e  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUTOMATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTRONIC ALGORITHM; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; URBAN AREA; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED EVENTS; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; MECHANICAL VENTILATOR; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; PROCEDURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATION; COHORT STUDIES; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VENTILATORS, MECHANICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84964698570     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.13-2255     Document Type: Article

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