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Critical Care Nursing Interventions and Incidence of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia in the Trauma Population [PDF]
, 2012 Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP) in the Trauma Intensive Care Unit is the most commonly encountered infection in the intensive care unit and can be linked to increased morbidity, increased mortality, increased mechanical ventilation days, increased ...
Moore, Kelli R.
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Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia [PDF]
, 2017 Many patients admitted to an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) are critically-ill. Those are that mechanically ventilated are also at risk for nosocomial infections that can negatively affect the patients health.
Adkins, Brittnay
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British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.With multiple disease‐modifying therapies now available, treatment switching has become an important clinical consideration in the management of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). While some switches are prompted by suboptimal clinical response, more commonly they are driven by treatment burden, convenience, or adverse events.
Andrej Belančić +4 more
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Critical Care, 2018 BackgroundCommensal microbiota deteriorate in critically ill patients. The preventive effects of probiotic/synbiotic therapy on microbiota and septic complications have not been thoroughly clarified in patients with sepsis.
Kentarou Shimizu +10 more
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Ventilator-associated pneumonia [PDF]
BJA Education, 2016 ### Key points Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is the most common healthcare-associated infection (HAI) in adult critical care units.1 It is associated with increased intensive care unit (ICU) stay, patient ventilator days, and mortality.2 VAP is thought to increase the mortality of the underlying disease by ∼30%.3 At present, there is no ...
P Gunasekera, A Gratrix
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Frequency of Ventilator-associated Pneumonia With 3-day Versus 7-day Ventilator Circuit Changes
Pediatrics and Neonatology, 2010 Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a common clinical problem. Previous studies involving adult patient cohorts have assessed various risk factors associated with VAP, including ventilator circuit changes.
Ting-Chang Hsieh +5 more
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Medicina, 2019 Background and objectives: High mortality and healthcare costs area associated with ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) due to Acinetobacter baumannii (A. baumannii). The data concerning the link between multidrug-resistance of A. baumannii strains and
Aušra Čiginskienė +3 more
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Promising Prodiginins Biological Activities
Chemistry &Biodiversity, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Prodiginins are a large family of at least 34 pyrrolic compounds, including the well‐studied red pigment prodigiosin. Prodiginins are produced by several microorganisms displaying broad biological activities, including antimicrobial, antiviral, antiparasitic, antiproliferative, and immunosuppressive activities.
María F. Ladetto +6 more
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Critical Care, 2018 BackgroundNeutrophils release neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) in response to invading pathogens. Although NETs play an important role in host defense against microbial pathogens, they have also been shown to play a contributing mechanistic role in ...
C. Mikacenic +6 more
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Профилактика инфекций при тяжелых повреждениях мозга: акцентирование на вентилятор-ассоциированную пневмонию и наружное вентрикулярное дренирование [PDF]
, 2017 Вентилятор-ассоциированная пневмония у пациентов с тяжелой черепно-мозговой травмой может достигать 40 %, и это в значительной степени связано с длительным воздействием механической вентиляции легких.
Базиленко, Д.В. +4 more
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