Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is one of the most frequent ICU-acquired infections.
Reported incidences vary widely from 5 to 40% depending on the setting and diagnostic …

Severe pneumonia is associated with high mortality (short and long term), as well as
pulmonary and extrapulmonary complications. Appropriate diagnosis and early initiation of …

The primary objective of this multicenter, observational, retrospective study was to assess
the incidence rate of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in coronavirus disease 2019 …

In late 2019, an outbreak of a novel human coronavirus causing respiratory disease was
identified in Wuhan, China. The virus spread rapidly worldwide, reaching pandemic status …

Covid-19 patients who require mechanical ventilation for ARDS have a high risk (> 50%) of
developing VAP, most commonly because of Gram-negative bacteria. Further work is …

A scientific panel was created consisting of 23 interdisciplinary and interprofessional experts
in intensive care medicine, physiotherapy, nursing care, surgery, rehabilitative medicine …

Question In intubated adult patients receiving mechanical ventilation, does multimodality
respiratory physiotherapy prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia, shorten length of …

Nosocomial pneumonia, or hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP), and ventilator-associated
pneumonia (VAP) are important health problems worldwide, with both being associated with …

Background: Changing trunk inclination affects lung function in patients with ARDS.
However, its impacts on PEEP titration remain unknown. The primary aim of this study was to …

In late December 2019, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2)
quickly spread worldwide, and the syndrome it causes, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID …