Association between nosocomial pneumonia and non-invasive ventilation: what plays a role in clinical practice?

J Hosp Infect. 2016 Feb;92(2):204-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2015.09.021. Epub 2015 Nov 3.

Authors

A Antonelli¹, A Schreiber², A M Esquinas³

Affiliations

¹ Allergologia e Fisiopatologia Respiratoria, ASO S. Croce e Carle, Cuneo, Italy. Electronic address: antonelli.a@ospedale.cuneo.it.
² Respiratory Intensive Care and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Unit, Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri, Pavia, Italy.
³ Intensive Care and Non Invasive Ventilatory Unit, Hospital Morales Meseguer, Murcia, Spain.

PMID: 26616414
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2015.09.021

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Cross Infection / epidemiology*
Cross Infection / pathology*
Female
Humans
Male
Noninvasive Ventilation / adverse effects*
Pneumonia / epidemiology*
Pneumonia / pathology*
Pneumonia, Aspiration / epidemiology*
Pneumonia, Aspiration / pathology*