The rapid emergence and dissemination of antimicrobial-resistant microorganisms in ICUs
worldwide constitute a problem of crisis dimensions. The root causes of this problem are …

Abstract The French Society of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine and the French
Society of Intensive Care edited guidelines focused on hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) …

The most recent European guidelines and task force reports on hospital-acquired
pneumonia (HAP) and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) were published almost 10 …

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Since the initial 1996 American Thoracic Society (ATS) guideline
on nosocomial pneumonia, a number of new developments have appeared, mandating a …

率, 延长了住院时同, 加大了住院花费, 预防VAP 亦成为当前ICU 感染控制的首要任务.
集束化护理指当患者在难以避免的风险下进行治疗时. 由医护人员提供的一系列安全有效的护理 …

While critically ill patients experience a life-threatening illness, they commonly contract
ventilator-associated pneumonia. This nosocomial infection increases morbidity and likely …

Objective: To develop definitions of infection that can be used in clinical trials in patients with
sepsis. Context: Infection is a key component of the definition of sepsis, yet there is currently …

Background Pneumonia is the most common hospital‐acquired infection affecting patients in
the intensive care unit (ICU). However, the optimal duration of antibiotic therapy for hospital …

Objectives: To compare lung reaeration measured by bedside chest radiography, lung
computed tomography, and lung ultrasound in patients with ventilator-associated …

In patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), guidelines recommend antibiotic
therapy adjustment according to microbiology results after 72 h. Circulating procalcitonin …