Epidemiology and microbiology of ventilator-associated pneumonia in COVID-19 patients: a multicenter retrospective study in 188 patients in an un-inundated French …

G Blonz, A Kouatchet, N Chudeau, E Pontis, J Lorber… - Critical care, 2021 - Springer
Background The COVID-19 pandemic is responsible for many hospitalizations in intensive
care units (ICU), with widespread use of invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) which …

Relationship between ventilator-associated pneumonia and mortality in COVID-19 patients: a planned ancillary analysis of the coVAPid cohort

S Nseir, I Martin-Loeches, P Povoa, M Metzelard… - Critical Care, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background Patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection are at higher risk for ventilator-
associated pneumonia (VAP). No study has evaluated the relationship between VAP and …

Ventilator-associated pneumonia in critically ill patients with COVID-19

M Maes, E Higginson, J Pereira-Dias, MD Curran… - Critical Care, 2021 - Springer
Background Pandemic COVID-19 caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has a high
incidence of patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). Many of these patients …

Risks of ventilator-associated pneumonia and invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in patients with viral acute respiratory distress syndrome related or not to Coronavirus …

K Razazi, R Arrestier, AF Haudebourg, B Benelli… - Critical Care, 2020 - Springer
Background Data on incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) and invasive
pulmonary aspergillosis in patients with severe SARS-CoV-2 infection are limited. Methods …

The challenge of ventilator-associated pneumonia diagnosis in COVID-19 patients

B François, PF Laterre, CE Luyt, J Chastre - Critical Care, 2020 - Springer
While different phenotypes have been evidenced in ICU COVID-19 pneumonia [1], most
patients meet ARDS Berlin definition associating bilateral radiologic infiltrates with severe …

Bacterial pneumonia in COVID-19 critically ill patients: a case series

E Dudoignon, F Caméléna, B Deniau… - Clinical Infectious …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
To the Editor—We read with great interest the article by Rawson et al recently published in
this journal [1]. In this article, the authors described low rates of pulmonary bacterial …

Epidemiology, risk factors and prognosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia during severe COVID-19: Multicenter observational study across 149 European Intensive …

M Garnier, JM Constantin, N Heming, L Camous… - … Critical Care & Pain …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background COVID-19 patients requiring mechanical ventilation are particularly at risk of
developing ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). Risk factors and the prognostic impact …

The evolution of the ventilatory ratio is a prognostic factor in mechanically ventilated COVID-19 ARDS patients

A Torres, A Motos, J Riera, L Fernández-Barat… - Critical care, 2021 - Springer
Background Mortality due to COVID-19 is high, especially in patients requiring mechanical
ventilation. The purpose of the study is to investigate associations between mortality and …

Staphylococcus aureus ventilator-associated pneumonia in patients with COVID-19: clinical features and potential inference with lung dysbiosis

G De Pascale, F De Maio, S Carelli, G De Angelis… - Critical Care, 2021 - Springer
Background Hospitalized patients with COVID-19 admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU)
and requiring mechanical ventilation are at risk of ventilator-associated bacterial infections …

Timing and causes of death in severe COVID-19 patients

C de Roquetaillade, S Bredin, JB Lascarrou… - Critical Care, 2021 - Springer
Background Previous studies reporting the causes of death in patients with severe COVID-
19 have provided conflicting results. The objective of this study was to describe the causes …