The Current Epidemiological Landscape of Ventilator-associated Pneumonia in the Intensive Care Unit: A Multicenter Prospective Observational Study in China
Author(s) -
Jianfeng Xie,
Yi Yang,
Yingzi Huang,
Yan Kang,
Yuan Xu,
Xiaochun Ma,
Xue Wang,
Jian Liu,
Dawei Wu,
Yao-Qing Tang,
Bingyu Qin,
Xiangdong Guan,
Jianguo Li,
Kaijiang Yu,
Dawei Liu,
Jing Yan,
Haibo Qiu
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciy692
Subject(s) - medicine , intensive care unit , ventilator associated pneumonia , acinetobacter baumannii , pneumonia , epidemiology , incidence (geometry) , mechanical ventilation , intensive care , mortality rate , univariate analysis , observational study , intensive care medicine , pseudomonas aeruginosa , multivariate analysis , biology , physics , bacteria , optics , genetics
Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is among the most important hospital-acquired infections in the intensive-care unit setting. However, clinical data regarding the epidemiology of VAP in China are limited.
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