Journal article
Incidence of and risk factors for ventilator-associated pneumonia in critically ill patients.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Understanding the risk factors for ventilator-associated pneumonia can help to assess prognosis and devise and test preventive strategies.
OBJECTIVE: To examine the baseline and time-dependent risk factors for ventilator-associated pneumonia and to determine the conditional probability and cumulative risk over the duration of stay in the intensive care unit.
Authors
Cook DJ; Walter SD; Cook RJ; Griffith LE; Guyatt GH; Leasa D; Jaeschke RZ; Brun-Buisson C
Journal
Annals of Internal Medicine, Vol. 129, No. 6, pp. 433–440
Publisher
American College of Physicians
Publication Date
September 15, 1998
DOI
10.7326/0003-4819-129-6-199809150-00002
ISSN
1056-8751