Hypercalcemia of Immobility in Critically Ill Patients

Hypercalcemia of Immobility in Critically Ill Patients

Significant hypercalcemia can occur in intensive care unit (ICU) patients. Immobilization hypercalcemia has been infrequently reported after ICU admission. Patients, therefore, usually require extensive workup to rule out... read more

Effect of ICU Quality Control Indicators on VAP Incidence Rate and Mortality

Effect of ICU Quality Control Indicators on VAP Incidence Rate and Mortality

This study highlights the association between the ICU quality control (QC) factors and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) incidence rate and mortality. The process factors rather than the structural factors need to be... read more

Emergence of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia in Critical Care Units

Emergence of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia in Critical Care Units

In intensive care unit, the care of critically ill patients is a primary component of modern medicine. Intensive care units create potential for recovery in patients who otherwise may not have survived. They are, however,... read more

Probiotics for the Prevention of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

Probiotics for the Prevention of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

Presently, there is conflicting evidence regarding the efficacy of probiotics in the prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). This meta-analysis was conducted to update current clinical evidence and evaluate the... read more

Fluid Balance and Ventilator-Associated Events Among Patients Admitted to ICUs in China

Fluid Balance and Ventilator-Associated Events Among Patients Admitted to ICUs in China

There was nonlinear relationship between fluid balance and all three tiers of ventilator-associated event, with an fluid balance between –1 and 0 L corresponding to the lowest risk. Positive but not negative fluid balance... read more

HSV-1 Reactivation Associated with Increased Mortality Risk and Pneumonia in COVID-19 Patients

HSV-1 Reactivation Associated with Increased Mortality Risk and Pneumonia in COVID-19 Patients

Critically ill COVID-19 patients frequently reactivate HSV-1 but not HSV-2. HSV-1 reactivation in critically ill COVID-19 patients was associated with an increased risk of day-60 mortality and hospital-acquired pneumonia... read more

Carbapenem Antibiotics for the Empiric Treatment of Nosocomial Pneumonia

Carbapenem Antibiotics for the Empiric Treatment of Nosocomial Pneumonia

Carbapenem-based empiric regimens were associated with lower mortality rates compared with non-carbapenems, largely driven by trials of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). The mortality effect was not observed in trials... read more

Continuous Pneumatic Regulation of Tracheal Cuff Pressure to Decrease VAP in Mechanically Ventilated Patients

Continuous Pneumatic Regulation of Tracheal Cuff Pressure to Decrease VAP in Mechanically Ventilated Patients

Continuous regulation of cuff pressure of the tracheal tube using a pneumatic device was not superior to routine care in preventing Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in patients with severe trauma. A total of 434 patients... read more

Effects of Early Mobilization on the Prognosis of Critically Ill Patients

Effects of Early Mobilization on the Prognosis of Critically Ill Patients

Early mobilization was effective in enhancing the recovery of critically ill patients, but more large-scale, multicenter randomized controlled trials are required to further confirm these findings. A total of 39 articles... read more

24-Hour Esophageal pH Measurement in Mechanically Ventilated Children

24-Hour Esophageal pH Measurement in Mechanically Ventilated Children

The current study shows high incidence of gastroesophageal reflux on 24-hour esophageal pH-metry in mechanically ventilated children with medical diagnoses. The significance of this finding and its impact on ventilator-associated... read more

Early Tracheotomy Shortens ICU Stay and Lowers Risk of VAP

Early Tracheotomy Shortens ICU Stay and Lowers Risk of VAP

Compared with late tracheotomy, early intervention was associated with lower ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) rates and shorter durations of mechanical ventilation and ICU stay, but not with reduced short-term, all-cause... read more

Bacterial Profile of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia: Concept, Review, Methods, Observations, Inference

Bacterial Profile of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia: Concept, Review, Methods, Observations, Inference

ICU is a hotbed of infections and measures are taken to prevent these infections. Ventilator associated pneumonia is one of the Intensive Care Unit related infections. This book tells us what ventilator associated pneumonia... read more

Anaphylatoxin C5a Impairs Phagocytosis by Neutrophils

Anaphylatoxin C5a Impairs Phagocytosis by Neutrophils

This study provides new insight into the mechanisms underlying immunocompromise in critical illness and suggests novel avenues for therapy and prevention of nosocomial infection. Critically ill patients are at heightened... read more

Risks Of VAP in Patients With Viral ARDS Related or Not To COVID-19

Risks Of VAP in Patients With Viral ARDS Related or Not To COVID-19

In this retrospective case-control study, we have observed a higher prevalence of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) and MDR VAP in C-ARDS as compared with NC-ARDS patients. Further, probably multicenter, research work... read more