2023年9月4日 · Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a term used to describe pneumonia (lung infection) that develops in a patient who has been on mechanical ventilation for more than 48 hours. Ventilator-associated pneumonia is the second most common hospital-acquired infection among pediatrics and neonatal intensive care unit patients.

Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) and other healthcare-associated pneumonias are important, common healthcare-associated infections, but national surveillance for VAP has long been a challenge because of the lack of objective, reliable definitions.

2024年1月22日 · Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a type of healthcare-associated infection (HAI). It is a lung infection that develops in a person who is on a ventilator. VAP happens when bacteria get into a patient's lungs and cause an infection. Quit smoking. Patients who smoke get more infections. Seek information about how to quit before surgery.

2016年7月14日 · These guidelines are intended for use by healthcare professionals who care for patients at risk for hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), including specialists in infectious diseases, pulmonary diseases, critical care, and surgeons, anesthesiologists, hospitalists, and any clinicians and healthcare ...

Ventilator-associated pneumonia is defined as pneumonia occurring more than 48 h after patients have been intubated and received mechanical ventilation. Diagnosing VAP requires a high clinical suspicion combined with bedside examination, radiographic examination, and microbiologic analysis of respiratory secretions.

2015年9月27日 · Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is the most common healthcare-associated infection (HAI) in adult critical care units. 1 It is associated with increased intensive care unit (ICU) stay, patient ventilator days, and mortality. 2 VAP is thought to increase the mortality of the underlying disease by ∼30%. 3 At present, there is no consensus ...

2014年3月18日 · Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is defined as pneumonia that occurs 48-72 hours or thereafter follow¬ing endotracheal intubation, characterized by the pre¬sence of a new or progressive infiltrate, signs of systemic infection (fever, altered white blood cell count), changes in sputum characteristics, and detection of a causative agent .

Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a type of lung infection that occurs in people who are on mechanical ventilation breathing machines in hospitals. As such, VAP typically affects critically ill persons that are in an intensive care unit (ICU) and …

This article reviews the criteria for ventilator-associated condition (VAC) and IVAC, including the classifications of probable- or possible-VAP; compares how the tiered definition of pneumonia contrasts to the previous NHSN definition; summarizes the studies validating its application; and explores its utility in surgical patients.

Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP) is defined as pneumonia occurring in a patient within 48 hours or more after intubation with an endotracheal tube or tracheostomy tube and which was not present before 1, 2. Early onset VAP occurs within 48 hours and late onset VAP beyond 48 hours of tracheal intubation. Incidence