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... prospective study where One hundred patients admitted into the Respiratory intensive care unit of Government Rajaji Hospital attached to Madurai Medical College between May 2008 and December 2008 ( 7 months ... See full document

... observational study included patients with ...as pneumonia that occurred ≥ 48h after admission, with no association with ...as pneumonia that occurred 48 – 72 h after the intubation and initiation of ... See full document

... prospective study,40 patients who developed features of ventilator associated pneumonia on a platform of mechanical ventilator for >48 hrs in ICU were included in the ... See full document

... Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a pulmonary infection highly prevalent and ...present study aimed to evaluate different methods, invasive or noninvasive, on VAP etiologic ... See full document

... present study VAP was significantly associated with higher number of intubations, with intubations 3 or more having ...control study had demonstrated that the pneumonia rate was 47% for ... See full document

... this study the scientific norms, technical and administrative are fulfilled for the investigation in health emanated by the Ministry of Health of Colombia (resolution 8430 of 1993, by which the norms scientific, ... See full document

... nosocomial pneumonia tends to carry a better prognosis, whereas late onset nosocomial pneumonia tends to be associated with multidrug resistant (MDR) organisms, means it is associated with ... See full document

... All the samples collected were labeled and transported to the laboratory immediately and inoculated for culture within an hour of collection. Both Gram staining and quantitative cultures, using the calibrated loop ... See full document

... the study collab- orating thus with the ESGNI and the EWCI: Peter Mares (AKH University Hospital Vienna, Austria); Kirsten Eliasen (Rigshos- pitalet, Denmark); Durand Michel (Hopital A Michallon, CHU de Grenoble, ... See full document

... of ventilator tubing changes at 7 days or when soiled, avoidance or elimination of endotracheal tube leak, good technique in removal of condensate, and of course excellent hand ... See full document

... In the present study there was no significant difference in antimicrobial susceptibility pattern in pathogens from VAT and VAP patients. Ciprofloxacin Netilmycin, Amikacin and Imipenem were found to be useful ... See full document

... was associated with an increased incidence of death and disability from heart attacks and ...was associated with increased cardiovascular ...a study, people who share relevant characteristics like ... See full document

... Our study has some limitations. First, we diagnosed VAT based on chest radiographs and CT was not done. Further, the presence of a pulmonary infiltrate on CT performed for other reasons was not evaluated. The use ... See full document

... our study, ...this study provided clinical, epidemiologic, and paraclinical data regarding VAP in an ICU ...our study was a basic research to determine what kind of broad-spectrum antibiotics should ... See full document

... MDR gram negative bacterial infections are increas- ingly more frequently observed in intensive care units. Considering the limited therapeutic options and high mortality of these infections, the benefits that could be ... See full document

... was associated with a sensitivity of 93% and a specificity of 100% for the diagnosis of ...mortem study, Papazian and colleagues [65] reported a high diagnostic accuracy of CPIS at a threshold of 6 (72% ... See full document

... well associated with hemodynamic changes and patient ...our study was not designed to include a control group, which limits pos- itive and negative predictive value ... See full document

... Present study revealed that immunosuppressive drug intake was found to be a significant factor for the development of VAP, & the risk is 12 times more when compared to patients who were not on ...mechanical ... See full document

... the study of Rello et al [15], who showed that severity of illness is the most important predictor for survival of patients in an ICU when pneumonia is ... See full document

... cohort study was conducted in medical critical care unit (CCU) of a tertiary-care teaching hospital of Sir ...The study aims to identify the various risk factors and the common microbial flora ... See full document