Comparing CDC's surveillance definitions and CPIS score in diagnosing ventilator-associated pneumonia: an observational study

Comparing CDC's surveillance definitions and CPIS score in diagnosing ventilator-associated pneumonia: an observational study

Introduction The National Healthcare Safety Network/Center for Disease Control and Prevention (NHSN/CDC) published in 2013 a new surveillance protocol in order to standardize the ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) confirmation criteria and, consequently, to increase the reliability of indicators...

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Veröffentlicht in:Critical care (London, England) England), 2015-01, Vol.19 (S2), p.P61-P61, Article P61
Hauptverfasser: Koenig, Álvaro, Possamai, Dimitri S, de Aguiar, Fernanda P, Westphal, Glauco A, Fujiwara, Kenia, Ramos, Lucas R, Filho, Milton C, Machado, Miriam Cristine, Waltrick, Renata, S Filho, Valmir João de
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Sprache:eng
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Health surveillance
Observational studies
Pneumonia
Poster Presentation
Ventilators
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction The National Healthcare Safety Network/Center for Disease Control and Prevention (NHSN/CDC) published in 2013 a new surveillance protocol in order to standardize the ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) confirmation criteria and, consequently, to increase the reliability of indicators in different institutions. Methods From August 2013 to June 2014 all patients on mechanical ventilation for longer than 48 hours in two critical care units in a public and a private general hospital were included in the study.
ISSN:1364-8535
1364-8535
1366-609X
1466-609X
DOI:10.1186/cc14699