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Características clínicas, epidemiológicas y evolución de la neumonía nosocomial severa en la unidad de cuidados intensivos [PDF]

Horizonte Médico, 2016
Objetives: To describe the clinical and epidemiological characteristics, evolution and to identify mortality factors associated in patients with SNP.
Edwin Albino H. , Miranda Choque, Edgar Jony Lázaro Ignacio   +2 more
doaj  

Evaluation of the Effects of Probiotics on Incidence of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Patients Hospitalized in Intensive Care Unit

مجله دانشکده پزشکی اصفهان, 2019
Background: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is an important hospital infection. Supportive treatments along with antibiotic therapies play a pivotal role in VAP treatments.
Mohammad Golparvar, Fereshteh Raoufi
doaj   +1 more source

In Our Intensive Care Unit the Experience of the Checklist Use to Prevent Ventilator Associated Pneumonia

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, Sümeyra Çetin Gevrek, Dilber Kumral   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

ANALISA KARAKTERISTIK PASIEN DENGAN VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA DI RUMAH SAKIT UMUM DR. ZAINOEL ABIDIN BANDA ACEH [PDF]

, 2014
ABSTRAKInfeksi nosokomial adalah infeksi yang didapatkan setelah pasien mendapatkan perawatan >48 jam di rumah sakit. Salah satu bentuk infeksi nosokomial yang mempunyai mortalitas yang tinggi adalah pneumonia nosokomial. Pneumonia nosokomial ada 2 yaitu
TRISIA WELNI
core  

Observational Study of Tocilizumab in Children With Febrile Infection‐Related Epilepsy Syndrome

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective This study aimed to assess the efficacy and safety of using tocilizumab in children with febrile infection‐related epilepsy syndrome (FIRES) and explore tocilizumab‐related changes in interleukin (IL)‐6 levels. Methods Patients with FIRES admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Beijing Children's Hospital were retrospectively ...
Yushan He, Jie Wu, Chaonan Fan, Zheng Li, Jun Liu, Kechun Li, Quan Wang, Suyun Qian   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia [PDF]

JAMA, 2007
Contributors. Preface R.G. Wunderink, J. Rello. 1. Diagnosis of Pneumonia J.-Y. Fagon, J. Chastre. 2. Diagnosis of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia One American's Perspective M.S. Niederman. 3. Prevention of Pneumonia in Mechanically Ventilated Patients J. Valles. 4. Is Prevention of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Cost Effective? M.H. Kollef. 5.
Janet M. Torpy, Cassio Lynm, Richard M Glass   +2 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Experimental ventilator-associated pneumonia: distribution of lung infection and consequences for lung aeration

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) has been described in humans and in experimental animals. The most severe lesions are located in dependent lung segments along a sterno-vertebral axis, however the cephalocaudal distribution of lung infection remains
Silvia Regina Rios Vieira, Ivan Goldstein, Gilles Lenaour, Charles-Hugo Marquette, Jean-Jacques Rouby   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

ETIOLOGICAL FEATURES AND ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE IN HEALTHCARE-ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA

Arta Medica, 2020
Objectives. Healthcare-associated pneumonia develops in patients undergoing regular medical procedures or has a longterm contact with the hospital environment. Several studies have shown important differences in healthcare-associated pneumonia, comparing
Cristina Toma, Doina Rusu, Victor Botnaru   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Oral hygiene care for critically ill patients to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia.

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2016
BACKGROUND Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is defined as pneumonia developing in people who have received mechanical ventilation for at least 48 hours. VAP is a potentially serious complication in these patients who are already critically ill. Oral
F. Hua, Huixu Xie, H. Worthington, S. Furness, Qi Zhang, Chunjie Li   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

COVID-19: An Alert to Ventilator-Associated Bacterial Pneumonia

Infectious Disease and Therapy, 2020
This manuscript aims to highlight the risk of Ventilator-Associated Bacterial Pneumonia (VAP) in COVID-19 inpatients. The co-infection has the potential to worsen clinical condition and increase mortality in these patients, as well as to prolong and ...
H. Póvoa, Gabriela Ceccon Chianca, N. Iorio   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source