The Incidence and Risk Factors of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in a Riyadh Hospital

Memish, Ziad A.; Cunningham, Gwen; Oni, Gbolahan A.; Djazmati, W

doi:10.1086/501758

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“…Also in our study, the most common pathogens were Gram-negative bacteria. Furthermore, prior antibiotic therapy and COPD, leading to colonization with Gram-negative aerobic pathogens, were reported to be risk factors for the development of NP [11,28,30,34]. In our patient population, univariate analysis suggested that previous antibiotic treatment and COPD increased the risk of pneumonia, but interestingly they were not independent risk factors in multivariate analysis.…”

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Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob

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To determine the frequency, risk factors and mortality of nosocomial pneumonia a prospective study was conducted in the intensive care units. In the study period, 2402 patients were included. The nosocomial pneumonia was defined according to the Centers for Disease Control Criteria. Overall, 163 (6.8%) of the patients developed nosocomial pneumonia and 75.5% (n = 123) of all patients with nosocomial pneumonia were ventilator-associated pneumonia. 163 patients who were admitted to the intensive care unit during the same period but had no bacteriologic or histologic evidence of pneumonia were used as a control group. The APACHE II score, coma, hypoalbuminemia, mechanical ventilation, tracheotomy, presence of nasogastric tube were found as independent risk factors. Crude and attributable mortality were 65% and 52.6%, respectively. The mortality rate was five times greater in the cases (OR: 5.2; CI 95%: 3.2–8.3). The mean length of stay in the intensive care unit and hospital in the cases were longer than controls (p < 0.0001). Patients requiring mechanical ventilation have a high frequency of nosocomial pneumonia.

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“…There are several risk factors that have been found related to occurrence of VAP, including reintubation, enteral feeding, parenteral nutrition, transfusion, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, and length of stay in the NICU. 8,11,[26][27][28][29] However, these various results may be due to different study populations, study designs, inclusion or exclusion criteria of VAP, and analytic methods.…”

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One-Week versus 2-Day Ventilator Circuit Change in Neonates with Prolonged Ventilation: Cost-Effectiveness and Impact on Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

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Infect. Control Hosp. Epidemiol.

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“…o papel da idade e do escore APACHE ii como fatores de risco para infecção ainda está em discussão. Enquanto alguns estudos demonstraram que estas variáveis são fatores de risco significativos 24 , outros autores não encontraram tal associação 25,26 . neste estudo a idade e o APACHE ii não foram fatores de risco significativos para o desenvolvimento de PAV, embora outro escore de gravidade, tiSS, tenha sido associado com aumento do risco.…”

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