Title | Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia [electronic resource] / edited by Richard G. Wunderink, Jordi Rello |
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Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2001 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0789-5 |
Descript | XIII, 179 p. online resource |
1. Diagnosis of Pneumonia -- 2. Diagnosis of Ventilator-Associated PneumoniaOne Americanโs Perspective -- 3. Prevention of Pneumonia in Mechanically Ventilated Patients -- 4. Is Prevention of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Cost Effective? -- 5. Role of the Oropharynx and Digestive Tract in the Pathogenesis of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia -- 6.Treatment of Ventilator-Associated PneumoniaEuropean Perspective -- 7. Treatment of Ventilator-Associated PneumoniaNorth American Perspective -- 8. Resistant Pathogens: Emergence and Control in ICU Patients -- 9. Resistant Pathogens: Emergence and Control 131 Patricia Winokur -- 10. Mortality and Morbidity of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: The Controversy