Multinational prospective cohort study over 24 years of the risk factors for ventilator-associated pneumonia in 187 ICUs in 12 Latin American countries: Findings of INICC
•Rates of VAP in Latin America are several times above those of high income countries.•The objective of this study is to identify risk factors for VAP in ICUs of Latin America.•Male gender, age, length of stay, and device utilization ratio increase the risk of VAP.•Public hospital, and surgical hosp...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of critical care 2023-04, Vol.74, p.154246-154246, Article 154246 |
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Zusammenfassung: | •Rates of VAP in Latin America are several times above those of high income countries.•The objective of this study is to identify risk factors for VAP in ICUs of Latin America.•Male gender, age, length of stay, and device utilization ratio increase the risk of VAP.•Public hospital, and surgical hospitalization increase the risk of VAP.•Adult-oncology, medical-surgical, and surgical ICUs showed the highest risk of VAP. |
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ISSN: | 0883-9441 1557-8615 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.jcrc.2022.154246 |