The purpose of this document is to highlight practical recommendations to assist acute care
hospitals to prioritize and implement strategies to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia …

Previously published guidelines are available that provide comprehensive
recommendations for detecting and preventing healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). The …

OBJECTIVES: To map the evidence for ventilation liberation practices in pediatric respiratory
failure using the Realist And MEta-narrative Evidence Syntheses: Evolving Standards …

OBJECTIVE: To update the state of knowledge on unplanned extubations (UEs) in neonatal
ICUs. This review focuses on the following topics: incidence, risk factors, reintubation after …

Importance Unplanned extubations (UEs) in children contribute to significant morbidity and
mortality, with an arbitrary benchmark target of less than 1 UE per 100 ventilator days …

Background Unplanned extubation has been widely recognized as a life-threatening
adverse event in intensive care unit patients. Aim To systematically quantify the global …

Purpose To investigate the effects of ICU quality control indicators on the VAP incidence rate
and mortality in China throughout 2019. Methods This was a retrospective study. A total of …

Objective: To determine the attributable hospital cost, both operational and departmental,
and length of stay associated with unplanned extubations in children admitted to PICU and …

Purpose Early mobility (EM) is being used in adult ICUs in an effort to treat and prevent
intensive care unit acquired weakness (ICU-AW) and Post-Intensive Care Syndrome (PICS) …

Throat packs are commonly inserted by anaesthetists after induction of anaesthesia for
dental, maxillofacial, nasal or upper airway surgery. However, the evidence supporting this …