Mechanically ventilated patients are at risk of developing ventilator-acquired pneumonia (VAP). Critical care nurses working with intubated patients need to adopt strategies to prevent VAP within their clinical practice. VAP results from microaspiration of colonized secretions (the colonization of the aerodigestive tract by gram-negative bacteria found in the nares, oropharynx, sinus cavities, ...

Traditionally, ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) has been treated either with double drug therapy or with monotherapy. Double drug therapy has been used to increase spectrum, for possible synergy, and to decrease the emergence of resistance. VAP therapy should be directed primarily against Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which also provides aerobic Gram-negative coverage, the usual pathogens in VAP...

The economic and clinical burden of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is uncontested. In many hospitals, VAP surveillance is conducted to identify outbreaks and to monitor infection rates. Here, we discuss the concept of benchmarking in health care as modeled on industry, and we contribute personal arguments against considering the VAP rate as a potential candidate for benchmarking or for m...

Mechanical ventilation is a lifesaving treatment and has complications such as ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) that lead to high morbidity and mortality. Moreover VAP is the second most common hospital-acquired infection in pediatric intensive care units. Although it is still not well understood, understanding molecular pathogenesis is essential for preventing and treating pneumonia. A lo...

BACKGROUND Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP) is the main cause of nosocomial infection at intensive care units (ICUs), which causes high mortality and morbidity. OBJECTIVES The objective of the present survey was to identify the VAP risk and prognostic factors among poisoned patients, who were admitted to the toxicological ICU (TICU), especially central nervous system (CNS) depressants du...

BACKGROUND Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) surveillance is time consuming, subjective, inaccurate, and inconsistently predicts outcomes. Shifting surveillance from pneumonia in particular to complications in general might circumvent the VAP definition's subjectivity and inaccuracy, facilitate electronic assessment, make interfacility comparisons more meaningful, and encourage broader prev...

BACKGROUND Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a serious health care-associated infection, resulting in high morbidity and mortality. It also prolongs hospital stay and drives up hospital costs. Measures employed in preventing ventilator-associated pneumonia in developing countries are rarely reported. In this study we tried to assess the efficacy of our designed "VAP prevention bundle" in...

Highlight:1. Antimicrobial resistance bacteria isolated from VAP patients are often associated with high mortality and length of hospital stay. 2. Mortality in was 33.3% the group had a longer stay compared to non-VAP group. 3. The three most predominant that were found A. baumannii, P. aeruginosa, K. pneumoniae. Cefoperazone-sulbactam, meropenem amikacin more than 70% sensitive against these b...

BACKGROUND Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is associated with substantial health care costs that place a significant burden on scarce hospital resources. Preventative measures and appropriate management strategies can be effective in reducing the incidence of VAP and in improving VAPrelated resource utilization. OBJECTIVE To provide an overview of the economic costs associated with VAP ...

We evaluated whether prophylactic nebulised colistin could reduce ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) rates in an intensive care unit (ICU) setting with prevalent multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria.We used a single-centre, two-arm, randomised, open-label, controlled trial in a 12-bed ICU in the University Hospital of Larissa, Greece. Patient inclusion criteria included mechanical ventilation ...