In late 2019, an outbreak of a novel human coronavirus causing respiratory disease was
identified in Wuhan, China. The virus spread rapidly worldwide, reaching pandemic status …

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 …

Intensive care unit (ICU) acquired pneumonia is one of the most common and morbid health
care-associated infections. Despite decades of work developing and testing prevention …

Introduction. Indwelling medical devices such as endotracheal tubes (ETTs), urinary
catheters, vascular access devices, tracheostomies and feeding tubes are often associated …

To the Editor, New research indicates that the incidence of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
(VAP), in patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 requiring invasive mechanical ventilation …

Purpose Novel designs of the endotracheal tube (ETT) are emerged to reduce the risk of
ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). We evaluated the effect of two different types …

Background: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a common and genuine
complication in fundamentally sick patients accepting mechanical ventilation. Silver nitrate …

Background Critically ill patients are at high risk of acquiring ventilator-associated
pneumonia (VAP), which occurs in approximately 20% of mechanically ventilated patients …

Background Critically ill patients are at high risk of acquiring ventilator-associated
pneumonia (VAP), which occurs in approximately 20% of mechanically ventilated patients …

The respiratory system, like the gut, harbors a vast variety of microorganisms which include
bacteria, viruses and fungi. The advent of next generation sequencing and multi-omic …