Diseases

Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

Serious INFLAMMATION of the LUNG in patients who required the use of PULMONARY VENTILATOR. It is usually caused by bacterial CROSS INFECTION in hospitals.

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Abstract

Serious INFLAMMATION of the LUNG in patients who required the use of PULMONARY VENTILATOR. It is usually caused by bacterial CROSS INFECTION in hospitals.

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  • Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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History Note

2007

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Previous Indexing

  • Cross Infection (1990-2006)
  • Pneumonia (1990-2006)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D053717. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D053717
  2. Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventilator-associated_pneumonia
  3. Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7920253