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Ventilator-associated Pneumonia [PDF]
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2002 Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) continues to complicate the course of 8 to 28% of patients receiving mechanical ventilation (MV). In contrast to infections of more frequently involved organs (e.g., urinary tract and skin), for which mortality is low, ranging from 1 to 4%, the mortality rate for VAP ranges from 24 to 50% and can reach 76% in some ...
Jean, Chastre, Jean-Yves, Fagon
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Ventilator-associated pneumonia
Journal of Pediatric Critical Care, 2023 Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) has traditionally been defined as pneumonia in patients with mechanical ventilation for at least 48 h. Despite advancements in critical care, VAP remains to be a complication resulting in huge financial burden to ...
R Sanketh +3 more
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Ventilator associated pneumonia
Journal of Pediatric Critical Care, 2019 Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is one of the most frequent hospital-acquired infections occurring in intubated patients. Because VAP is associated with higher mortality, morbidity and healthcare costs, there is a need to solicit further research ...
Sham Lohiya +3 more
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Nosocomial and Ventilator-associated Pneumonia [PDF]
Open Respiratory ArchivesNosocomial pneumonia (NP), including its subtype ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), represents a major cause of morbidity, mortality, and increased healthcare utilization in hospitalized patients, particularly in intensive care settings.
Carlos Cabanillas Díez-Madroñero +6 more
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Ventilator-associated pneumonia [PDF]
European Respiratory Journal, 2001 To the Editor: The recent task force report is a welcome review of the situation regarding ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) 1. In the prevention of VAP section …
Paul E. Marik, Joseph Varon
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Ventilator‐associated pneumonia [PDF]
Respirology, 2004 Ventilator‐associated pneumonia The committee for The Japanese Respiratory Society guidelines in management of respiratory infections.
Debbie Davis, Keith +4 more
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Ventilator-associated pneumonia [PDF]
Current Opinion in Critical Care, 2009 Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is the main nosocomial infection in patients receiving mechanical ventilation. Despite numerous advances in the understanding of this disorder, the incidence rate continues in an unacceptable range. In this review, we discuss some important findings of recently published studies on diagnosis, prevention and ...
Mauricio, Valencia, Antoni, Torres
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Ventilator-associated Pneumonia: A Narrative Review [PDF]
Al-Anbar Medical Journal, 2022 The difficulty of early diagnosis, the proper anti-microbial chosen, and the relatively high morbidity and mortality; make us collect the related subjects to deal with the most critical complication (ventilator-associated pneumonia) showing the major ...
Hayder Alkayssi
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Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia [PDF]
Surgical Clinics of North America, 2006 Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a significant clinical infection affecting up to one-third of patients requiring mechanical ventilation, and is associated with significant attributable morbidity and mortality. Clinicians should have a heightened clinical suspicion for VAP with diagnostic goals focusing on accuracy; gathering of lower ...
Jason R, Leong, David T, Huang
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Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2021 Objective: To assess the incidence, risk factors and outcome of ventilator associated pneumonia in trauma patients. Study Design: Prospective observational study.
Sohaima Manzoor +5 more
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