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Türk Yoğun Bakim Derneği Dergisi, 2016 Objective: Intensive care units are high risk units for serious infections like ventilator associated pneumonia. Preventing ventilator associated pneumonia is one of the most important infection control practice in intensive care units.
Semiha Solak Grassie +2 more
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Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, 2017 To determine the causative pathogens of the patients diagnosed with Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP) and to find out their antibiotic sensitivity by standard Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion method.
R. Sharvani, M.G. Usha
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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, +2 more
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Ventilator Circuits, Humidification and Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia [PDF]
Canadian Respiratory Journal, 1996 Technical issues in the care of mechanically ventilated patients include those related to the ventilator circuit, humidification and ventilator-associated pneumonia.
Dean Hess
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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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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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Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia [PDF]
Archives of Internal Medicine, 2000 Ventilator-associated pneumonia is a common complication in intensive care units, occurring in 9% to 24% of patients intubated for longer than 48 hours. Because of this large disease burden and the resultant attributable morbidity and mortality, there is great interest in accurately diagnosing, treating, and preventing this complication.
R S, Morehead, S J, Pinto
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Ventilator-associated Pneumonia
Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2014 Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is an iatrogenic pulmonary infection that develops in tracheally intubated patients on mechanical ventilation for at least 48 hours. VAP is the nosocomial infection with the greatest impact on patient outcomes and health care costs.
Ferrer, Miquel +4 more
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The importance of airway and lung microbiome in the critically ill
Critical Care, 2020 During critical illness, there are a multitude of forces such as antibiotic use, mechanical ventilation, diet changes and inflammatory responses that could bring the microbiome out of balance.
Ignacio Martin-Loeches +13 more
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Annals of Intensive Care, 2020 Background The aim of this study was to investigate the concordance between ventilator-associated events (VAE) and ventilator-associated lower respiratory tract infections (VA-LRTI), and their impact on outcome.
Olivier Pouly +6 more
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