Ventilator-associated pneumonia: overdiagnosis and treatment are common in medical and surgical intensive care units.

Nussenblatt, Veronique

Ventilator-associated pneumonia: overdiagnosis and treatment are common in medical and surgical intensive care units. [electronic resource] - Infection control and hospital epidemiology Mar 2014 - 278-84 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

1559-6834

10.1086/675279 doi


Anti-Bacterial Agents--therapeutic use
Critical Care--statistics & numerical data
Diagnostic Errors--statistics & numerical data
Female
Humans
Inappropriate Prescribing--statistics & numerical data
Intensive Care Units--statistics & numerical data
Male
Middle Aged
Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated--diagnosis
Risk Factors
Time Factors