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Clinical and economic consequences of ventilator-associated pneumonia: A systematic review

Critical Care Medicine · 2005 · Vol. 33(10) · pp. 2184–2193

Nasia Safdar✉(University of California, San Francisco)Cameron Dezfulian(National Institutes of Health)Harold R. Collard(National Institutes of Health)Sanjay Saint(Johns Hopkins Hospital)

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Abstract

Ventilator-associated pneumonia occurs in a considerable proportion of patients undergoing mechanical ventilation and is associated with substantial morbidity, a two-fold mortality rate, and excess cost. Given these findings, strategies that effectively prevent VAP are urgently needed.

Nosocomial Infections in ICU Inhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery Pneumonia and Respiratory InfectionsMedicineVentilator-associated pneumoniaMechanical ventilationIntensive care unitConfidence intervalOdds ratioRate ratioPneumoniaIncidence (geometry)Intensive care