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Interrater reliability of surveillance for ventilator-associated events and pneumonia [PDF]

, 2016
OBJECTIVETo compare interrater reliabilities for ventilator-associated event (VAE) surveillance, traditional ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) surveillance, and clinical diagnosis of VAP by intensivists.DESIGNA retrospective study nested within a ...
Anderson, Deverick J, Babcock, Hilary M, Gueret, Renaud, Kerlin, Meeta Prasad, Klompas, Michael, Lautenbach, Ebbing, Trick, William E   +6 more
core   +2 more sources

Health‐related quality of life following total minimally invasive, hybrid minimally invasive or open oesophagectomy: a population‐based cohort study

BJS (British Journal of Surgery), EarlyView., 2020
All patients operated for oesophageal cancer in Sweden from 2013 to April 2018 were identified, and 246 patients were recruited to this population‐based nationwide Swedish study. The results show that longitudinal health‐related quality of life after minimally invasive oesophagectomy was similar to that of the open surgical approach.
F. Klevebro, J. H. Kauppila, S. Markar, A. Johar, P. Lagergren   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ventilator-associated pneumonia or ventilator-induced pneumonia [PDF]

Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine, 2017
Ventilator-associated pneumonia currently in vogue seems to have some pitfalls as far as the nomenclature is concerned and thus it imparts an erroneous impression to the reader. As the driving force is in fact the ventilator, the phraseology should preferably be changed to ventilator-induced pneumonia to convey the in depth meaning of the term thus ...
Khan, Zahid Hussain, Ceriana, Piero, Donner, Claudio F.   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Prevalence of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia in Neonates in A Tertiary Care Hospital in Western Nepal

Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2019
Introduction: Ventilator-associated pneumonia is a serious problem which needs to be addressed for a better outcome of the ventilated babies. The present study is undertaken to find out the prevalence of ventilator-associated pneumonia in neonates in a ...
Anita Lamichhane, Aparna Mishra
doaj   +1 more source

Investigation of Ventilator Associated Pneumoniae in Intensive Care Patients

Türk Yoğun Bakim Derneği Dergisi, 2016
Objective: Mechanical ventilator associated pneumonia is a serious infection occurred frequently in intensive care units and associated with high mortality.
Hakan Tağrıkulu,, Dilek Memiş,, Nesrin Turan   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Accurate measurement of ventilator length of stay and ventilator days for use in assessing patient safety and ventilator associated events

Journal of Mechanical Ventilation, 2020
Objective: Accurate measurements of ventilator length of stay are important for quality measures and mandated by Centers of Disease Control for reporting ventilator associated events.
Kimiyo Yamasaki, Joshua Mullen , Ron Sanderson   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ventilator-associated events criteria in the assessment of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (IMPACTO MR-PAV): A prospective cohort

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Background: Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP) is a critical healthcare-associated infection, but no universal surveillance standard exists. In 2013, the CDC revised its criteria, incorporating Ventilator-Associated Events (VAEs) with VAPs as a subset.
Giovanna Marssola Nascimento, Daniela Laranja Gomes Rodrigues, Filipe Teixeira Piastrelli, Maysa Yukari Cheno, Katia Cristina Camondá Braz, Lucas Bassolli de Oliveira Alves, Bruno Martins Tomazini, Viviane Cordeiro Veiga, Beatriz Arns, Bruno Adler Maccagnan Pinheiro Besen, Antonio Paulo Nassar Junior, Alvaro Avezum, Renata Karoline Lima da Silva, Conceição de Maria Pedrozo e Silva de Azevedo, Maria Luiza Santana de Oliveira Silva, Graziela Regina Kist, Fernanda Borges Salgado, Maria Tereza Farias de Moura, Emerson Boschi, Pedro Martins Pereira Kurtz, Eva Regina Valadares da Silva Miraglia, Thawani Andrade de Lima, René Rodrigues Pereira, Jussara Alencar Arraes, Haliton Alves de Oliveira Junior   +24 more
doaj   +1 more source

Incidence and Outcome of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia in ICU of a Tertiary Care Hospital in Nepal

Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2017
Introduction: Ventilator associated pneumonia is an important intensive care unit acquired infection in mechanically ventilated patients. Early and correct diagnosis of Ventilator associated pneumonia is difficult but is an urgent challenge for an ...
Deebya Raj Mishra, Niharika Shah, Dibya Singh Shah   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Safety and efficacy of colistin versus meropenem in the empirical treatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia as part of a macro-project funded by the Seventh Framework Program of the European Commission studying off-patent antibiotics. study protocol for a randomized controlled trial [PDF]

, 2015
Background: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is one of the most common and severe hospital-adquired infections, and multidrugresistant gram-negative bacilli (MDR-GNB) constitute the main etiology in many countries.
Clara Rosso, Fernández, DE BLASI, Roberto Alberto, George, Dimopoulos, José Garnacho, Montero, José Miguel, Cisneros, Massimo, Antonelli, The MagicBullet study, Group   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Evaluation of the Effects of Probiotics on Incidence of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Patients Hospitalized in Intensive Care Unit

مجله دانشکده پزشکی اصفهان, 2019
Background: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is an important hospital infection. Supportive treatments along with antibiotic therapies play a pivotal role in VAP treatments.
Mohammad Golparvar, Fereshteh Raoufi
doaj   +1 more source