Open AccessVentilator-Associated Lower Respiratory Tract Bacterial Infections in COVID-19 Compared With Non-COVID-19 Patients*
Author(s) -
Pontus Hedberg,
Anders Ternhag,
Christian G. Giske,
Kristoffer Strålin,
Volkan Özenci,
Niclas Johansson,
Carl Spindler,
Jonas Hedlund,
Johan Mårtensson,
Pontus Nauclér
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
critical care medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.002
H-Index - 271
eISSN - 1530-0293
pISSN - 0090-3493
DOI - 10.1097/ccm.0000000000005462
Subject(s) - medicine , interquartile range , pneumonia , incidence (geometry) , covid-19 , mechanical ventilation , retrospective cohort study , ards , lower respiratory tract infection , cohort study , respiratory tract infections , hazard ratio , respiratory system , lung , confidence interval , physics , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , optics
Ventilator-associated lower respiratory tract infections (VA-LRTIs) are associated with prolonged length of stay and increased mortality. We aimed to investigate the occurrence of bacterial VA-LRTI among mechanically ventilated COVID-19 patients and compare these findings to non-COVID-19 cohorts throughout the first and second wave of the pandemic.