[HTML][HTML] Ventilator-associated pneumonia

OT Ranzani, MS Niederman, A Torres - Intensive Care Medicine, 2022 - Springer
Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) has been a known complication in the intensive
care unit (ICU) since the late 1950s. Originally VAP was recognized as a cause of rising …

[HTML][HTML] Antimicrobial resistance in ventilator-associated pneumonia: predictive microbiology and evidence-based therapy

A Alnimr - Infectious diseases and therapy, 2023 - Springer
Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a serious intensive care unit (ICU)-related
infection in mechanically ventilated patients that is frequent, as more than half of antibiotics …

[HTML][HTML] Bacteriological profile of ventilator-associated pneumonia in a tertiary care hospital

S Patro, G Sarangi, P Das, A Mahapatra… - Indian Journal of …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Background: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is the most frequent intensive care unit
(ICU)-acquired infection. The etiology of VAP and their antimicrobial susceptibility pattern …

[PDF][PDF] Ventilator associated pneumonia in a tertiary care hospital in India: Incidence, etiology, risk factors, role of multidrug resistant pathogens

K Rit, B Chakraborty, R Saha… - International Journal of …, 2014 - ijmedph.org
Background: Ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP), a hospital acquired infection (HAI) is
seen among critically ill patients on mechanical ventilation (MV) due to various causes, in …

Inadequate treatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia: risk factors and impact on outcomes

PJZ Teixeira, R Seligman, FT Hertz, DB Cruz… - Journal of Hospital …, 2007 - Elsevier
Initial antibiotic therapy is an important determinant of clinical outcomes in ventilator-
associated pneumonia (VAP). Several studies have investigated this issue, with conflicting …

[HTML][HTML] Epidemiological and microbiological analysis of ventilator-associated pneumonia patients in a public teaching hospital

JM Silva Júnior, E Rezende, T Guimarães… - Brazilian journal of …, 2007 - SciELO Brasil
Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is the most commonly-acquired infection in patients
in intensive care units. We analyzed epidemiological and microbiological characteristics and …

Microbiology, resistance patterns, and risk factors of mortality in ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia in a Northern Thai tertiary-care university based general …

K Chittawatanarat, W Jaipakdee… - Infection and drug …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Background Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) occurrence, causative pathogens, and
resistance patterns in surgical intensive care units (SICU) are different between Western and …

Ventilator-associated pneumonia at a tertiary-care center in a developing country: incidence, microbiology, and susceptibility patterns of isolated microorganisms

ZA Kanafani, L Kara, S Hayek, SS Kanj - Infection Control & Hospital …, 2003 - cambridge.org
Objective: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) complicates the course of up to 24% of
intubated patients. Data from the Middle East are scarce. The objective of this study was to …

Incidence and outcome of polymicrobial ventilator-associated pneumonia

A Combes, C Figliolini, JL Trouillet, N Kassis, M Wolff… - Chest, 2002 - Elsevier
Study objective To determine the epidemiology and outcome of polymicrobial ventilator-
associated pneumonia (VAP). Setting Two ICUs (18 and 17 beds) in a university hospital …

Rotation and restricted use of antibiotics in a medical intensive care unit: impact on the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia caused by antibiotic-resistant …

D Gruson, G Hilbert, F Vargas, R Valentino… - American journal of …, 2000 - atsjournals.org
To test the hypothesis that a new program of antibiotic strategy control can minimize the
incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) caused by potentially antibiotic …