The rate of application of preventive and diagnostic strategies in the management of patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) may be significantly different from those reported in international guidelines. We are reporting in this correspondence the results of a regional Italian survey of preventive and diagnostic strategies for the management of patients with VAP in the setting of t...

Abstract Context Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is one of the important causes morbidity and mortality in patients admitted to intensive care unit (ICU) with ventilatory support. Subglottic secretion their aspirations are primarily responsible for occurrence VAP risk tracheal mucosa injury induced by subglottic suctioning inpatient on a ventilator has been raised. Aims Aim this study com...

Background and Purpose: Implementing the guidelines to prevent VAP has been shown to have a significant effect on reducing the incidence of VAP. Studies indicate that ICU staff have poor knowledge and low implementation rate of the standard preventive measures related to VAP. The present study aims to evaluate the knowledge of nurses in the intensive care unit in University hospitals of Sari. ...

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Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a major healthcare-associated complication with considerable attributable morbidity, mortality and cost. Inherent design flaws in the standard high-volume low-pressure cuffed tracheal tubes form a major part of the pathogenic mechanism causing VAP. The formation of folds in the inflated cuff leads to microaspiration of pooled oropharyngeal secretions int...

background and purpose: implementing the guidelines to prevent vap has been shown to have a significant effect on reducing the incidence of vap. studies indicate that icu staff have poor knowledge and low implementation rate of the standard preventive measures related to vap. the present study aims to evaluate the knowledge of nurses in the intensive care unit in university hospitals of sari. m...

Because microaspiration of contaminated supraglottic secretions past the endotracheal tube cuff is considered to be central in the pathogenesis of pneumonia, improved design of tracheal tubes with new cuff material and shape have reduced the size and number of folds, which together with the addition of suction ports above the cuff to drain pooled subglottic secretions leads to reduced aspiratio...