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MeSH Heading: Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated
Tree Number(s): C01.248.250.500; C01.748.610.300.500; C08.381.677.300.500; C08.730.610.300.500; C23.550.291.875.500.500.500
Unique ID: D053717
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D053717
Scope Note: Serious INFLAMMATION of the LUNG in patients who required the use of PULMONARY VENTILATOR. It is usually caused by bacterial CROSS INFECTION in hospitals.
Entry Term(s): Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
Previous Indexing: Cross Infection (1990-2006); Pneumonia (1990-2006)
Public MeSH Note: 2007
History Note: 2007
Date Established: 2007/01/01
Date of Entry: 2006/07/05
Revision Date: 2019/06/17

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated MeSH Descriptor Data 2023