Infectious Disease Advisor

Antibiotic Prophylaxis May Lower Early VAP Risk in Acute Brain Injury

Patients with ABI require prolonged mechanical ventilation and have a substantially higher risk for VAP due to impaired airway protection and injury-related immune dysfunction. However, routine use of ...
EurekAlert!

New guidelines OK less antibiotics for hospital-acquired, ventilator-associated pneumonia

Seven days of antibiotics are effective for most hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) infections, recommend new guidelines published by the Infectious Diseases ...
Business Wire

EvidenceCare Improves Antibiotic Stewardship with the Integration of New IDSA HAP and VAP Guidelines into Its Comprehensive Pneumonia Pathway

NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) recently revised its recommendations for adult hospital patients with two common types of hospital-acquired ...
JSTOR Daily

A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Ventilator-associated Pneumonia in Adults in Asia: An Analysis of National Income Level on Incidence and Etiology

Background.Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is the commonest hospital-acquired infection (HAI) in intensive care. In Asia, VAP is increasingly caused by resistant gram-negative organisms. Despite ...