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Aerosol dispersion in a ventilator circuit: towards a model for enhancing our understanding of ventilator-associated pneumonia

, 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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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, Ceriana, Piero, Donner, Claudio F.   +2 more
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Analysis of risk factor associated with pan-drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii during induced ventilator in in-hospital mortality

Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2020
This study was designed to analyze the risk factors of ventilator-associated pneumonia caused by Acinetobacter baumannii in intensive care unit of hospital. It was conducted in 2018 for 10 months.
Zhi-Yong Wang
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Effect of Implementing The Protective Nursing Care Bundle of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia on Its Incidence among Critically Ill Children [PDF]

Alexandria Scientific Nursing Journal
Ventilator-associated pneumonia is the most common hospital-acquired infection and associated with an increased mortality rate among critically ill children. So, the protection of mechanically ventilated critically ill children from ventilator-associated
Mona El-sayed Mohammed Shaheen, Yousr Abd El-salam Gaafar, Manal Abdel Malik Antonios, Eman Arafa Badr   +3 more
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Prevention of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia [PDF]

, 2018
In the United States of America, hospital-acquired infections are a huge concern to healthcare facilities as well as patients. One of the most common hospital-acquired infections is ventilator-associated pneumonia.
Agra Varela, Yolanda, Miguel Sánchez-García, Añón, José M., Francisco Álvarez-Lerma, Federico Gordo, Gordo, Federico, Sánchez-García, Miguel, Arias-Rivera, S. (Susana), Agra, Y. (Yolanda), Martínez-Alonso, Montserrat, Martínez, M. (Mercedes)(no usar), Álvarez-Rodríguez, Joaquín, Martinez-Alonso, M. (Montserrat), Susana Arias-Rivera, Richardson, Emmitt, Gordo, F. (Federico), Palomar Martínez, Mercedes, García, Rosa, Gordo Vidal, Federico, Vazquez-Calatayud, M. (Mónica), Álvarez Rodríguez, Joaquín, Jam-Gatell, Rosa, José M. Añón, Montserrat Martínez-Alonso, Lorente, Leonardo, Yolanda Agra, Rosa Jam-Gatell, Añón, José M, Álvarez-Rodríguez, J. (Joaquín), Vázquez-Calatayud, Mónica, Sánchez-García, M. (Miguel), Arias-Rivera, Susana, Álvarez-Lerma, F. (Francisco), Añón, J.M. (José M.), Leonardo Lorente, Sánchez García, Miguel, Álvarez Lerma, Francisco, Joaquín Álvarez-Rodríguez, Mónica Vázquez-Calatayud, Rosa García, Agra, Yolanda, Añón, José Manuel, Mercedes Palomar-Martínez, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Jam-Gatell, R. (Rosa), Lorente, L. (Leonardo), García, R. (Rosa)   +46 more
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Prevalence of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia in Neonates in A Tertiary Care Hospital in Western Nepal

Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2019
Introduction: Ventilator-associated pneumonia is a serious problem which needs to be addressed for a better outcome of the ventilated babies. The present study is undertaken to find out the prevalence of ventilator-associated pneumonia in neonates in a ...
Anita Lamichhane, Aparna Mishra
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Ventilator-associated events criteria in the assessment of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (IMPACTO MR-PAV): A prospective cohort

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Background: Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP) is a critical healthcare-associated infection, but no universal surveillance standard exists. In 2013, the CDC revised its criteria, incorporating Ventilator-Associated Events (VAEs) with VAPs as a subset.
Giovanna Marssola Nascimento, Daniela Laranja Gomes Rodrigues, Filipe Teixeira Piastrelli, Maysa Yukari Cheno, Katia Cristina Camondá Braz, Lucas Bassolli de Oliveira Alves, Bruno Martins Tomazini, Viviane Cordeiro Veiga, Beatriz Arns, Bruno Adler Maccagnan Pinheiro Besen, Antonio Paulo Nassar Junior, Alvaro Avezum, Renata Karoline Lima da Silva, Conceição de Maria Pedrozo e Silva de Azevedo, Maria Luiza Santana de Oliveira Silva, Graziela Regina Kist, Fernanda Borges Salgado, Maria Tereza Farias de Moura, Emerson Boschi, Pedro Martins Pereira Kurtz, Eva Regina Valadares da Silva Miraglia, Thawani Andrade de Lima, René Rodrigues Pereira, Jussara Alencar Arraes, Haliton Alves de Oliveira Junior   +24 more
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Nebulized antibiotics for ventilator-associated pneumonia: methodological framework for future multicenter randomized controlled trials.

, 2021
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Although experimental evidence supports the use of nebulized antibiotics in ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), two recent multicenter randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have failed to demonstrate any benefit in VAP caused by Gram ...
Rello, Jordi, Zhu, Yinggang, Monsel, Antoine, Laterre, Pierre-François, Torres, Antoni, Rouby, Jean-Jacques, Pugin, Jerome, European Investigators Network for Nebulized Antibiotics in Ventilator-associated Pneumonia (ENAVAP)   +7 more
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Preventing Ventilator Associated Pneumonia [PDF]

, 2021
Ventilator Associated Pneumonia is a serious infection in the lungs that affects individuals who are being mechanically ventilated. These patients, who are already critically ill, have decreased defense mechanisms that allow pathogens such as bacteria to
Samuel, Ally, Terry, Anna Grace
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Ventilator associated pneumonia in major paediatric burns [PDF]

, 2013
Includes abstract.
Rogers, Alan David
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