Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) continues to be a major cause of morbidity and mortality and excess cost in critically ill patients (1–3). Traditional VAP surveillance, the key strategy needed to define the frequency of the phenomenon, and to gauge the success of prevention efforts, is complicated and subjective (4, 5).
Several studies have shown that the CDC’s standard definition for VAP has a high interobserver variability, low sensitivity, and low specificity (6–8). Klompas (9) and Klompas and colleagues (10) have proposed a simpler definition of VAP; moreover, Klompas and colleagues (11) have suggested shifting the focus of surveillance from VAP to ventilator-associated complications (VAC).
Here we describe the results of the VAP–VAC surveillance among intensive care unit (ICU) patients of a teaching hospital in central Italy.
Read More: http://www.atsjournals.org/doi/full/10.1164/ajrccm.186.12.1308
Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) continues to be a major cause of morbidity and mortality and excess cost in critically ill patients (1–3). Traditional VAP surveillance, the key strategy needed to define the frequency of the phenomenon, and to gauge the success of prevention efforts, is complicated and subjective (4, 5).Several studies have shown that the CDC’s standard definition for VAP has a high interobserver variability, low sensitivity, and low specificity (6–8). Klompas (9) and Klompas and colleagues (10) have proposed a simpler definition of VAP; moreover, Klompas and colleagues (11) have suggested shifting the focus of surveillance from VAP to ventilator-associated complications (VAC).Here we describe the results of the VAP–VAC surveillance among intensive care unit (ICU) patients of a teaching hospital in central Italy.Read More: http://www.atsjournals.org/doi/full/10.1164/ajrccm.186.12.1308
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