[PDF] Top 20 Suspected ventilator associated respiratory infection in severely ill patients: a prospective observational study

... this study, we assessed the incidence, risk factors and clinical outcomes of sVARI over a 14 month period in the 267 patients who were ventilated for more than 48 hours in a quaternary care ...incorporated ... See full document

... present study is that only those patients with prolonged ICU stay (> 24 hours) were ...included. Patients treated in the ICU for less than 24 hours arguably contain a mixture of the least and most ... See full document

... ically ill patients with different etiologies of acute re- spiratory failure (ARF) [1, ...of ventilator associated pneumonia, decreases the length of intensive care unit (ICU) stay and ... See full document

... a study of 11 critically ill patients with nosocomial infections caused by KPC ...All patients were reported to have good treatment-related microbiological and clinical out- comes, while the ... See full document

... critically ill patients with septicemia and trauma, even prior to the emergence of nosocomial infection they can have ineffective phagocytosis and may act as functionally ...developing ... See full document

... critically ill patients with VAP, it is crucial that physicians should timely and suf fi ciently give patients the initial empiric therapy, followed by the microbiologically con fi rmed tar- get ... See full document

... Adult patients (>18 years) admitted to the medical ICU of Brooke Army Medical Center with acute respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation for 72 hours and with a hemo- globin level below 13 ... See full document

... Parents or guardians will be given written, IRB-approved informed consent forms in English or Chichewa, allowed ample time to read the consent form, allowed to ask ques- tions about the study, have their questions ... See full document

... a study was published in which patients with persistent elevated PSA and previous negative prostate biopsy, were investigated with 18F–choline PET/CT to delineate PCa and guide a repeat biopsy (Igerc et ... See full document

... This study has some ...prospectively, patients were not ran- domized to treatment arms targeting different MAP values or vasopressors, inotropes or fluid ...of patients who died during the first five ... See full document

... cantly associated by univariate analysis with the mean ratio of prescribed/required and delivered/prescribed calories: when GRV was not measured, there was a sig- nificantly higher mean ratio of ... See full document

... agitated patients, nurses checked, at least once each shift, that the upper extremities were held adequately so that the patient's hands were more than 20 cm away from any catheter or ... See full document

... The incidence of Pneumonia is higher, 5.56%, in preterm newborns, than in full term newborns. As per Dr. Michael E Speers the incidence of pneumonia in full term newborns is less than 1%, which is well supported by our ... See full document

... This prospective study was conducted involving diabetic foot infection patients of both sexes, clinically suspected of having microbial infections in their foot presenting at outpatient ... See full document

... is associated with a high mortality rate of 25–50% [10, ...critically ill surgical patients (trauma, cardiothoracic surgery, and general surgery), whereas 12–29% of pediatric, medical, multi- ... See full document

... MicroDAIMON study is currently the largest pro- spective longitudinal observational study to describe the incidence of microcirculatory derangements among a mixed group of critically ill ... See full document

... Our multivariate analysis of risk factors revealed fe- male gender, postsurgical admission diagnosis, use of narcotics, and presence of enteral feeds to be positively associated with the development of VAP versus ... See full document

... delirious patients who were given drugs with serotoner- gic properties demonstrated physical signs of serotonin toxicity and met the Hunter serotonin toxicity criteria compatible with serotonergic ...the ... See full document

... the infection itself or complications related to the patients’ concomitant diseases and 28-day mortality was defined as overall hospital mortality after 28 days discharge from ... See full document

... ventilated patients, with the highest risk of being early in the course of ...are associated with 6- to 21-fold increased risk of acquiring pneumonia in hospital ...predispose patients to either ... See full document