Open AccessIdentification of Factors Affecting Mortality in Late-Onset Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
Author(s) -
Aziz Ahmad Hamidi,
Serhat Kescioglu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the eurasian journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.337
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1308-8742
pISSN - 1308-8734
DOI - 10.5152/eurasianjmed.2020.20005
Subject(s) - medicine , unconsciousness , pneumonia , mechanical ventilation , intensive care unit , logistic regression , confidence interval , intubation , ventilator associated pneumonia , mortality rate , bacteremia , odds ratio , intensive care medicine , pediatrics , surgery , anesthesia , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Pneumonia that develops 48 hours after intubation has been defined as ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in patients hospitalized in the intensive care unit (ICU). Late-onset VAP (LO-VAP) is described as pneumonia that occurs within or after the 5th day of mechanical ventilation. We aimed to determine the factors that affect the mortality and survival in patients with LO-VAP.