Update on management options in the treatment of nosocomial and ventilator assisted pneumonia: review of actual guidelines and economic aspects of therapy

M Wilke, R Grube - Infection and drug resistance, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Objective Nosocomial or more exactly, hospital-acquired (HAP) and ventilator-associated
pneumonia (VAP) are frequent conditions when treating intensive care unit (ICU) patients …

Empirical antibiotic therapy for ventilator-associated pneumonia

JM Swanson, DL Wells - Antibiotics, 2013 - mdpi.com
Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is the most common infectious complication in the
intensive care unit. It can increase duration of mechanical ventilation, length of stay, costs …

How should we dose antibiotics for pneumonia in the ICU?

AA Udy, JA Roberts, J Lipman - Current Opinion in Infectious …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Antibiotic dosing strategies that are adapted to a critical care environment are urgently
needed, both to improve clinical outcomes and ensure therapeutic longevity. Similarly, study …

The Association between Prior Antibiotics and Outcome

HL Lin, CM Chao, CC Lai - The American Journal of Medicine, 2013 - amjmed.com
Craven et al 1 investigated the natural history, incidence, and outcome of patients
developing ventilator-associated tracheobronchitis and pneumonia. Among 188 intensive …

Pneumonie acquise sous ventilation mécanique et mortalité: réelle implication ou simple association?

N Bercault - Médecine Intensive Réanimation, 2013 - revue-mir.srlf.org
Résumé Si la pneumonie acquise sous ventilation mécanique (PAVM) augmente la
morbidité, son rôle exact dans la mortalité reste débattu. La mortalité rapportée dans les …

Ventilator-associated pneumonia and mortality: a true involvement or only an association?

N Bercault - Réanimation, 2013 - Springer
If ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is known to increase morbidity, its exact role in
intensive care unit (ICU) mortality remains debated. Mortality rates reported in numerous …

[引用][C] Analysis of endogenous infection routes of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Stenotrophomonas maltophili ventilator-associated pneumonia using pulsed-field gel …

WGYN Zhang, DB Nwinee, SHCJY Li, J Zhang