Incidence and risk factors for ventilator-associated pneumonia after major heart surgery

Purpose Major heart surgery (MHS) patients are a particularly high-risk population for nosocomial infections. Our objective was to identify risk factors for ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in patients undergoing MHS. Methods Prospective study including 1,844 patients operated from 2003 to 2006...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Intensive care medicine 2009-09, Vol.35 (9), p.1518-1525
Hauptverfasser:	Hortal, Javier, Giannella, Maddalena, Pérez, Maria Jesús, Barrio, José Maria, Desco, Manuel, Bouza, Emilio, Muñoz, Patricia
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Anesthesia Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy Anesthesiology Antimicrobial agents Biological and medical sciences Cardiac Surgical Procedures Critical Care Medicine Cross Infection - prevention & control Emergency and intensive respiratory care Emergency Medicine Enterobacteriaceae Female Heart surgery Hospitals Humans Infectious diseases Intensive Intensive care Intensive care medicine Intensive Care Units Male Medical sciences Medicine Medicine & Public Health Microorganisms Middle Aged Mortality Nosocomial infections Original Ostomy Pain Medicine Patients Pediatrics Pneumology/Respiratory System Pneumonia Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated - epidemiology Postoperative Complications Prospective Studies Pseudomonas aeruginosa Risk Factors Staphylococcus aureus Ventilators
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