Using a bundled protocol for caring for infants and children with mechanical ventilation may prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia, according to a study in Critical Care Nurse. The authors propose a ...
Pneumonia is a common complication which is associated with mechanical ventilation in critically ill hospital inpatients. The condition is linked to a prolonged stay in the intensive care unit and can ...
Patients with ABI require prolonged mechanical ventilation and have a substantially higher risk for VAP due to impaired airway protection and injury-related immune dysfunction. However, routine use of ...
To SDD or Not To SDD? Prophylactic administration of antibiotics, including selective digestive tract decontamination (SDD), to critically ill patients in an era of antibiotic resistance is a highly ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Nov 14 - As prophylaxis against ventilator-associated pneumonia, the probiotic bacterium Lactobacillus plantarum 299 (Lp299) is as effective as the antiseptic chlorhexidine ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Sep 11 - Electric toothbrushing as part of standard oral care does not reduce the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), results of a study indicate.
Medical technologies guidance 48 has been migrated to HealthTech guidance 543. The recommendations and accompanying content remain unchanged. This guidance replaces the NICE medtech innovation ...
Background. 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 ...
Locus Biosciences today announced a contract award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), ...
Pneumonia prevention interventions such as proper oral care, head-of-bed elevation, and incentive spirometry, are not being provided to most patients outside the ICU, leading to greater than ...
A group of health care leaders, including a University of Massachusetts Amherst nurse innovator, has published a national call to action to prevent non-ventilator-associated, hospital-acquired ...
The PneuX system is a single-use endotracheal or tracheostomy tube (ETT) designed to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) by minimising the risk of pulmonary aspiration and micro‑aspiration ...
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