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Volatile diagnostic techniques for ventilator associated pneumonia [PDF]

, 2010
Ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) is a significant challenge for the Intensive Care doctors worldwide. It is both difficult to diagnose accurately and quickly and to treat effectively once the diagnosis has been established.
Humphreys, Martyn Lee
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Healthcare-associated pneumonia: a prospective study in Spain. [PDF]

Rev Esp Quimioter, 2020
Objective. The aim of the study was to describe the epidemiological characteristics and factors related to outcome in Streptococcus pneumoniae and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) healthcare-associated pneumonia (HCAP). Patients and method.
Arnaíz de Las Revillas F, Sousa D, Ardunay C, García-Vidal C, Montejo M, Rodríguez-Álvarez R, Pasquau J, Bouza E, Oteo JA, Balseiro C, Méndez C, Lwoff N, Llinares P, Fariñas MC, SOCRATES Study Group.   +14 more
europepmc   +8 more sources

Healthcare-associated Pneumonia and Aspiration Pneumonia. [PDF]

Aging Dis, 2015
Healthcare-associated pneumonia (HCAP) is a new concept of pneumonia proposed by the American Thoracic Society/Infectious Diseases Society of America in 2005. This category is located between community-acquired pneumonia and hospital-acquired pneumonia with respect to the characteristics of the causative pathogens and mortality, and primarily targets ...
Komiya K, Ishii H, Kadota J.
europepmc   +3 more sources

Treatment Trends and Outcomes in Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia. [PDF]

J Hosp Med, 2017
BACKGROUNDThe American Thoracic Society and Infectious Diseases Society of America guidelines for management of healthcare‐associated pneumonia (HCAP), first published in 2005, have been controversial regarding the selection of empiric broad‐spectrum antibiotics, whether the criteria for HCAP predicts the likelihood of infection with multidrug ...
Haessler S, Lagu T, Lindenauer PK, Skiest DJ, Priya A, Pekow PS, Zilberberg MD, Higgins TL, Rothberg MB.   +8 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia [PDF]

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, 2011
Pneumonia is frequently encountered in the clinical fields, both as a cause for admission and as a complication of the underlying disorder or as the course of treatment. Pneumonia is the second most common hospital-acquired infection and is associated with the highest morbidity and mortality rates among hospital-acquired infections.
Heung Bum Lee, Hyo Jin Han
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Healthcare-associated pneumonia: meeting the yeti [PDF]

European Respiratory Journal, 2011
The concept of healthcare-associated pneumonia (HCAP) is based on three crucial notions: 1) a subgroup of patients with on-going contact with healthcare presents with community-acquired infections but nosocomial microbial patterns; 2) failure to cover multidrug-resistant (MDR) pathogens leads to inadequate initial antimicrobial coverage and ...
S, Ewig, A, Torres
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A prediction rule for severe adverse events in all inpatients with community-acquired pneumonia: a multicenter observational study

BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2022
Background Prediction of inpatients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) at high risk for severe adverse events (SAEs) requiring higher-intensity treatment is critical.
Toshihiro Sakakibara, Yuichiro Shindo, Daisuke Kobayashi, Masahiro Sano, Junya Okumura, Yasushi Murakami, Kunihiko Takahashi, Shigeyuki Matsui, Tetsuya Yagi, Hideo Saka, Yoshinori Hasegawa   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Is antipseudomonal antibiotic treatment needed for all nursing and healthcare-associated pneumonia patients at risk for antimicrobial resistance?

Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, 2020
Objectives: Nursing and healthcare-associated pneumonia (NHCAP) was proposed by the Japanese Respiratory Society to refer to healthcare-associated pneumonia.
Akihiro Ito, Tadashi Ishida, Hiromasa Tachibana, Yosuke Nakanishi, Akio Yamazaki, Yasuyoshi Washio   +5 more
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Prevalence, outcomes, and predictors of multidrug-resistant nosocomial lower respiratory tract infections among patients in an ICU [PDF]

Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia, 2023
Objective: To determine the prevalence, outcomes, and predictors of multidrug-resistant nosocomial lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) in patients in an ICU.
Ana Beatriz Souza de Oliveira, Guilherme Hirassawa Sacillotto, Manuela Francisco Balthazar Neves, Andressa Hellen Nora da Silva, Tamiris Adriane Moimaz, Joelma Villafanha Gandolfi, Mara Correa Lelles Nogueira, Suzana Margareth Lobo   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Severity assessment of healthcare-associated pneumonia and pneumonia in immunosuppression [PDF]

European Respiratory Journal, 2012
The study compares the ability of the PSI (pneumonia severity index), CURB-65 (confusion, urea >7 mol·L−1, respiratory rate ≥30 breaths·min−1, blood pressure <90 mmHg systolic or ≤60 mmHg diastolic, and age ≥65 yrs), CURB and CRB-65 scales and the Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia (SCAP) score to predict 30-day mortality in healthcare ...
M. D. R. Carrabba, M. A. Zarantonello, P. Bonara, C. Hu, F. Minonzio, I. Cortinovis, S. Milani, G. Fabio   +7 more
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