The epidemiology and clinical outcomes of ventilator-associated events among 20,769 mechanically ventilated patients at intensive care units: an observational study

• Published in: Critical care (London, England) Vol. 25; no. 1; pp. 44 - 11
• Main Authors: He, Qiao, Wang, Wen, Zhu, Shichao, Wang, Mingqi, Kang, Yan, Zhang, Rui, Zou, Kang, Zong, Zhiyong, Sun, Xin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 02.02.2021; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Accuracy; Algorithms; Artificial respiration; Critical care; Disease control; Epidemiology; Infection-related ventilator-associated complications; Intensive care; Intensive care nursing; Intensive care units; Monitoring systems; Mortality; Nosocomial infections; Observational studies; Ostomy; Pathogens; Patient outcomes; Patients; Pneumonia; Surveillance; Thoracic surgery; Ventilator-associated condition; Ventilator-associated events; Ventilator-associated pneumonia; Ventilators; China; United States > US; Ventilator-associated condition; Intensive care units; Ventilator-associated pneumonia; Infection-related ventilator-associated complications; Ventilator-associated events; Epidemiology

Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is the most common hospital-acquired infection (HAI) in intensive care units (ICUs). Ventilator-associated event (VAE), a more objective definition, has replaced traditional VAP surveillance and is now widely used in the USA. However, the adoption outside the US...