Current practices for ventilator-associated pneumonia prevention in Japan: a survey study

Chest. 2012 Jan;141(1):281-283. doi: 10.1378/chest.11-2387.

Authors

Nobuaki Shime¹, Lee E Morrow²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Division of Infection Control and Prevention, University Hospital, Postgraduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan. Electronic address: shime@koto.kpu-m.ac.jp.
² Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Nebraska and Western Iowa Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska.

PMID: 22215846
DOI: 10.1378/chest.11-2387

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Guideline Adherence
Humans
Incidence
Japan / epidemiology
Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated / epidemiology
Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated / prevention & control*
Population Surveillance*
Practice Guidelines as Topic*