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Ventilator associated pneumonia or ventilator induced pneumonia
Ventilator associated pneumonia currently in vogue seems to have some pitfalls as far as the nomenclature is concerned and thus it imparts an erroneous impression to the reader. As the driving force is in fact the ventilator, the phraseology should preferably be changed to ventilator induced pneumonia to convey the in depth meaning of the term thus evading the terminology currently in practice....
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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 . . . . . . . . . . ....
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Background: Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP) is one of the serious complications of ventilator support occurring in ICUs. The aim of this study was to determine the susceptibility pattern of Acinetobacter baumannii (A. baumannii) isolated from patients with VAP by two methods: disk diffusion and E. test. Methods: This descriptive-cross sectional study was conducted in the four ICUs of Ras...
متن کاملVentilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP)
Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a pulmonary infection that occurs more than 48 hours after patients have been intubated and received mechanical ventilation. The incidence of VAP ranges from 6 to 52% and can reach 76% in some specific settings [1]. The incidence depends on several factors, the duration of mechanical ventilation, reintubation, supine position, advanced age and altered co...
متن کامل[Ventilator-associated pneumonia].
Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is defined as pneumonia occurring in a patient after intubation with an endotracheal tube or tracheostomy tube lasting for 48 hours or more. It is also one of the most common and fatal infections of patients in ICUs. The diagnostic process in VAP is still underestimated and precise criteria for diagnosis are inconsistent. Delayed diagnosis and subsequent de...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: australasian medical journal
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1836-1935
DOI: 10.4066/amj.2014.2105