Background The joint committee of the Japanese Society of Intensive Care
Medicine/Japanese Respiratory Society/Japanese Society of Respiratory Care Medicine on …

Hospital-acquired pneumonia and ventilator-associated pneumo... : Current Opinion in
Pulmonary Medicine Hospital-acquired pneumonia and ventilator-associated pneumonia …

It is important to realize that guidelines cannot always account for individual variation among
patients. They are not intended to supplant physician judgment with respect to particular …

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) …

Introduction Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a common cause of nosocomial
infection, and is related to significant utilization of health-care resources. In the past decade …

Introduction Many controversies still remain in the management of hospital acquired
pneumonia (HAP), and ventilation-acquired pneumonia (VAP), Three European Societies …

Practice guidelines are systematically developed statements and recommendations that
assist the physicians and patients in making decisions about appropriate health care …

Objective To assess the predictive capacity for the diagnosis of ventilator-associated
pneumonia (VAP) of serum procalcitonin levels before and on the day it is suspected …

The serum procalcitonin (PCT) concentration reflects both the systemic response to bacterial
infection and its severity. However, its accuracy in distinguishing intensive care unit (ICU) …

Pulmonary complications in the postoperative period are a significant cause of morbidity and
mortality. 1 Examples of these complications include atelectasis, bronchospasm, bronchitis …