Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated
"Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Serious INFLAMMATION of the LUNG in patients who required the use of PULMONARY VENTILATOR. It is usually caused by cross bacterial infections in hospitals (NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS).
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D053717
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.539.248.500 C08.381.520.750.750 C08.381.677.800 C08.730.610.750
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| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated" by people in Profiles.
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Swan JT, Ashton CM, Bui LN, Pham VP, Shirkey BA, Blackshear JE, Bersamin JB, Pomer RM, Johnson ML, Magtoto AD, Butler MO, Tran SK, Sanchez LR, Patel JG, Ochoa RA, Hai SA, Denison KI, Graviss EA, Wray NP. Effect of Chlorhexidine Bathing Every Other Day on Prevention of Hospital-Acquired Infections in the Surgical ICU: A Single-Center, Randomized Controlled Trial. Crit Care Med. 2016 Oct; 44(10):1822-32.
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McGarry LJ, Merchant S, Nathwani D, Pawar V, DeLong K, Thompson D, Akhras K, Ingham M, Weinstein MC. Economic assessment of doripenem versus imipenem in the treatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia. J Med Econ. 2010 Mar; 13(1):142-7.
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McDunn JE, Husain KD, Polpitiya AD, Burykin A, Ruan J, Li Q, Schierding W, Lin N, Dixon D, Zhang W, Coopersmith CM, Dunne WM, Colonna M, Ghosh BK, Cobb JP. Plasticity of the systemic inflammatory response to acute infection during critical illness: development of the riboleukogram. PLoS One. 2008 Feb 13; 3(2):e1564.