Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) has posed a significant threat to global health. It …

Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a serious intensive care unit (ICU)-related
infection in mechanically ventilated patients that is frequent, as more than half of antibiotics …

Clinical value of metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) in pneumonia
management is still controversial. A prospective study was conducted to evaluate the clinical …

Bacterial and fungal infections are common issues for patients in the intensive care unit
(ICU). Large, multinational point prevalence surveys have identified that up to 50% of ICU …

Introduction Prevention of ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) is the focus in critical care
units. Immunocompromised patients, older adults, and postoperative patients are at greater …

Background Mortality among patients with hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) is quite high;
however, information on risk factors for short-term mortality in this population remains …

Background Currently, the association of nutritional risk screening score with the
development of nonventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia (NV-HAP) is unknown. This …

Objective: The aim of the research was to study the effect of azithromycin (AZM) in the
treatment of MDR P. aeruginosa VAP combined with other antimicrobial therapies. Methods …

Purpose Acinetobacter baumannii is the most common microorganism in sputum cultures
from long-term hospitalized patients and is often the cause of hospital-acquired pneumonia …

Background Postoperative sore throat (POST) is an unpleasant outcome that can occur as a
result of tracheal intubation in adults. Increased pressure from the endotracheal tube (ETT) …