Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is defined as pneumonia that occurs 48–72 hours or
thereafter following endotracheal intubation, characterized by the presence of a new or …

American and European guidelines have many areas of common agreement such as
limiting antibiotic duration. Both guidelines were in favour of a close clinical assessment …

Purpose Systematic review and network meta-analysis to investigate the efficacy of
noninvasive respiratory strategies, including noninvasive positive pressure ventilation …

Rationale: The CDC introduced ventilator-associated event (VAE) definitions in January
2013. Little is known about VAE prevention. We hypothesized that daily, coordinated …

Background Lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) is a major contributor to respiratory
failure requiring intubation and mechanical ventilation. LRTI also occurs during mechanical …

Background Sepsis is the focus of national quality improvement programs and a recent
public reporting measure from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. However …

Objectives: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention built up new surveillance paradigms
for the patients on mechanical ventilation and the ventilator-associated events, comprising …

Background Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is the most common hospital-acquired
infection (HAI) in intensive care units (ICUs). Ventilator-associated event (VAE), a more …

In 2013, the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention redefined
surveillance for quality of care in ventilated patients by shifting from ventilator-associated …

Aims Few studies have reported data on the optimal timing of left ventricular (LV) unloading
during venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA‐ECMO) for cardiac arrest or …