This study aimed to estimate the rate of and risk factors for nosocomial pneumonia of patients admitted to hospitals in Taif, Saudi Arabia. A case-control study was conducted of 211 discharged patients with confirmed pneumonia and 633 controls without pneumonia and a review was made of hospital records during 1999-2003. Multiple logistic regression showed that duration of hospital stay, unit of...

The need for mechanical ventilation is one of the main concerns related to care patients with COVID-19. aim this study evaluate efficacy a bubble device oxygen supplementation. This was implemented selected hospitalized severe COVID-19 pneumonia persistent low saturation. Patients were in three major hospitals Bahia state Brazil from July November 2020, where they remained seven days and monito...

incidence, causes and outcomes of ventilator-associated pneumonia in the medical intensive care unit    amri meleh p [1] , bayani m [2] *, nikbakhsh n [3] , pourhassan a [4] , marzban m [5] , shirkhani z [6] , damavandi f [7] , soleimaniyan ss [8]     received: 15 may , 2013 accepted: 14 aug , 2013    abstract  background & aims : ventilator associated pneumonia is one of the most common h ospi...

conclusions the study showed that hais were more frequent in elderly population predominately with respect to vap and infections by gram-negative pathogens. overall mortally was greater in the elderly group although the odds ratio for death was higher in younger patients and increased with every hai diagnosed. patients and methods retrospective analysis of all hospital-acquired infections (hais...

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...

OBJECTIVE Children with tetralogy of Fallot, pulmonary atresia, and major aortopulmonary collaterals (TOF/PA/MAPCAs), who undergo unifocalization surgery are at risk for prolonged postoperative respiratory failure. We sought to identify risk factors that are associated with prolonged mechanical ventilation in this population. DESIGN We collected preoperative and operative data from medical re...

OBJECTIVE To summarise the evidence for early extubation with immediate application of non-invasive ventilation compared with continued invasive weaning on important outcomes in intubated adults with respiratory failure. DESIGN Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised and quasi-randomised controlled trials. SETTING Intensive care units. PARTICIPANTS Critically ill adults receivin...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Whether general anesthesia for neurothrombectomy in patients with ischemic stroke has a negative impact on clinical outcome is currently under discussion. We investigated the impact of early extubation and ventilation duration in a cohort that underwent thrombectomy under general anesthesia. MATERIALS AND METHODS We analyzed 103 consecutive patients from a prospective s...

ABSTRACT       The clinical manifestations of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-associated pneumonia show a wide range variations. It ranges from mild hypoxemia without significant signs respiratory distress, to rapid clinically deteriorating course with severe hypoxemia. Unexplained hypoxemia, associated platypnea, triggers the possibility ventilation-perfusion (V/Q) mismatch, ranging intrap...