| Literature DB >> 25704257 |
Elias Iosifidis1, Stella Stabouli2, Anastasia Tsolaki2, Vaios Sigounas3, Emilia-Barbara Panagiotidou2, Maria Sdougka2, Emmanuel Roilides4.
Abstract
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's criteria were applied by independent investigators for ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) diagnosis in critically ill children and compared with tracheal aspirate cultures (TACs). In addition, correlation between antibiotic use, VAP incidence, and epidemiology of TACs was investigated. A modest agreement (κ = 0.41) was found on radiologic findings between 2 investigators. VAP incidence was 7.7 episodes per 1,000 ventilator days, but positive TACs were the most significant factor for driving high antimicrobial usage in the pediatric intensive care unit.Entities:
Keywords: Chest radiograph; Health care–associated infection; Mechanical ventilation; Pediatric intensive care; Pneumonia; Radiology
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Year: 2015 PMID： 25704257 DOI： 10.1016/j.ajic.2015.01.004
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Infect Control ISSN： 0196-6553 Impact factor: 2.918