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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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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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Journal of International Medical Research, 2021 Objective We aimed to identify the risk factors for ventilator-associated pneumonia in patients admitted to critical care after a torso injury. Methods We retrospectively evaluated 178 patients with torso injury aged >15 years who were intubated in the ...
Jin Young Lee +7 more
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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.
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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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Ventilator-associated pneumonia in the ICU [PDF]
Critical Care, 2014 Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is defined as pneumonia that occurs 48–72 hours or thereafter following endotracheal intubation, characterized by the presence of a new or progressive infiltrate, signs of systemic infection (fever, altered white blood cell count), changes in sputum characteristics, and detection of a causative agent [1].
Atul Ashok, Kalanuria +3 more
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BMC Nursing, 2022 Background Instead of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), the modern definition of ventilator-associated events (VAEs) has been introduced to identify infectious and noninfectious respiratory complications. Some studies revealed that compliance to the
Eman Arafa Hassan +1 more
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Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2021 Introduction: Ventilator-associated pneumonia patients are treated in non-intensive care units because of a shortage of intensive care unit beds in Thailand.
Patpong Udompat +2 more
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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 +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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