Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) are
major problems of public health in intensive care units (ICUs), occurring in 15% of critically ill …

Although several guidelines recommend subglottic secretion drainage as a strategy for
prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), its use is not widespread. With the aim …

Epidemiology of ICU-acquired pneumonia : Current Opinion in Critical Care Epidemiology
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Objectives: The present meta-analysis and systematic review evaluated the efficacy and
safety of aerosolized colistin as adjunctive therapy to IV antimicrobials or as monotherapy in …

Gram-negative organisms comprise a large portion of the pathogens responsible for lower
respiratory tract infections, especially those that are nosocomially acquired, and the rate of …

Purpose Lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) are the most frequent infectious
complication in patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU). We aim to report the …

Pneumonia (draft)” was published in 1999 (1). Afterwards, a number of guidelines for
HAP/VAP have been published or updated at home and abroad (2-10). The definitions of …

Objectives: To investigate the respective impact of ventilator-associated pneumonia and ICU–
hospital-acquired pneumonia on the 30-day mortality of ICU patients. Design: Longitudinal …

We performed a meta-analysis to determine strategies for preventing hospital-acquired
pneumonia that reduce mortality rates in critically ill patients. Selective digestive …

Background The aim of this study is to determine whether severe COVID-19 patients
harbour a higher risk of ICU-acquired pneumonia. Methods This retrospective multicentre …