Ventilator‐associated pneumonia

Ventilator-associated pneumonia. European Task Force on ventilator-associated pneumonia.

Clinical diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1034 Bacteriological and histological aspects of ventilator-associated pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . 1035 Aetiology of ventilator-associated pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1036 Diagnostic techniques for ventilator-associated pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . ....

Prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia

Ventilator-associated pneumonia is the commonest, yet mostly preventable, infection in mechanically ventilated patients. Successful control of ventilatorassociated pneumonia can save hospitalisation cost, and is possible by using a multidisciplinary clinical and administrative approach. The ventilatorassociated pneumonia rate should be expressed as the number of ventilator-associated pneumonia ...

The current pathogens and treatment of hospital-acquired pneumonia/ventilator-associated pneumonia in medical intensive care units

Introduction Because of increasing prevalence of multi-drug resistant (MDR) pathogens, there are many difficulties in the treatment of hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP)/ventilatorassociated pneumonia (VAP). It is known that patients with MDR pathogens have high mortality and morbidity. We need to know the current status of pathogens and antibiotics therapy for a proper choice of initial antibio...

Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia, bacterial pneumonia and viral pneumonia.

Pneumonia