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Trials, 2022 Background Ventilator-associated pneumonia is a challenge in critical care and is associated with high mortality and morbidity. Although some consensuses on preventing ventilator-associated pneumonia are reached, it is still somewhat controversial.
Linhui Hu +9 more
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Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 2023 Background: Among US acute-care hospitals (ACHs) reporting to the NHSN, significant increases in the incidence of Ventilator-Associated Events (VAEs) were observed during the COVID-19 pandemic years in comparison with 2019.
Vaishnavi Pattabiraman +3 more
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, 2023 Background Patients receiving mechanical ventilation for more than 48 hours are at risk for developing ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). Methods We investigated aerosol flow in a ventilator circuit attached to test lungs to better understand how
Gregory T Carroll, David L Kirschman
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The Impact of Slow Infusion Intermittent Feeding on Gavage Feeding-Associated Cardiorespiratory Deterioration in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Infants [PDF]
Neonatal Medicine, 2023 Purpose Infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) often show cardiorespiratory deterioration during gavage feeding. We aimed to determine whether slow infusion intermittent feeding (SIIF) can reduce respiratory deterioration during gavage ...
Mi Jin Kim +3 more
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DNP Final Report: AN EVIDENCE-BASED INITIATIVE TO REDUCE RISK OF VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED EVENTS [PDF]
, 2023 Ventilator-associated events have been considered an outcome metric for quality patient care. Ventilator-associated events are associated with unnecessary medical expenses.
Burge, Bailey Dee
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The national rate of intensive care units-acquired infections, one-year retrospective study in Iran
BMC Public Health, 2021 Background Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) in intensive care units (ICUs) are among the avoidable morbidity and mortality causes. This study aimed at investigating the rate of ICU-acquired infections (ICU-AIs) in Iran. Methods For the purpose of this
Neda Izadi +4 more
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Multicenter evaluation of a novel surveillance paradigm for complications of mechanical ventilation. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) surveillance is time consuming, subjective, inaccurate, and inconsistently predicts outcomes. Shifting surveillance from pneumonia in particular to complications in general might circumvent the VAP definition's ...
Michael Klompas +8 more
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Are We Close to Zeroing the Ventilator-associated Pneumonia Rate?
Mediterranean Journal of Infection, Microbes and Antimicrobials, 2022 Introduction: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is one of the major hospital-acquired infections in the intensive care unit (ICU). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) made changes in the definitions of VAP. In this study, we aimed to
Cansu BULUT AVŞAR +7 more
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Examining ICU Nurses\u27 Knowledge of Ventilator-Associated Events and Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia [PDF]
, 2020 Ventilator-associated events (VAEs) are patients\u27 complications of respiratory conditions including ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). Research shows that VAP is the most common hospital-acquired infection among ventilated patients and a leading ...
Sanders-Thompson, Dorothy J.
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