Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) are intended to support clinical decisions and should be based on high-quality evidence. Theobjective of the study was to evaluate the quality of evidence supporting the recommendations issued in CPGs for therapy,diagnosis, and prevention of hospital-acquired and venti...
La neumonía intrahospitalaria (NIH) es una de las causas más comunes de infecciones
nosocomiales, con una alta morbilidad y mortalidad(1), y un alto costo para el sistema de
salud(2). Dentro de las NIH, la neumonía asociada a ventilador (NAV) ocurre en pacientes que
han estado en ventilación mecánic...
Torres, A;
Niederman, M. S;
Chastre, J;
Ewig, S;
Fernandez-Vandellos, P;
Hanberger, H;
Kollef, M;
Li Bassi, G;
Luna, C. M;
Martin-Loeches, I;
Paiva, J. A;
Read, R. C;
Rigau, D;
Timsit, J. F;
Welte, T;
Wunderink, R.
The most recent European guidelines and task force reports on hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) were published almost 10 years ago. Since then, further randomised clinical trials of HAP and VAP have been conducted and new information has become available. Studi...
Álvarez Lerma, F;
Sánchez, García, M;
Lorente, L;
Gordo, F;
Añón, JM;
Álvarez, J;
Palomar, M;
García, R;
Arias, S;
Vázquez-Calatayud, M;
Jam, R.
"BACKGROUND:
""Zero-VAP"" is a proposal for the implementation of a simultaneous multimodal intervention in Spanish intensive care units (ICU) consisting of a bundle of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) prevention measures.
METHODS/DESIGN:
An initiative of the Spanish Societies of Intensive Care Med...
