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How to approach a patient hospitalized for pneumonia who is not responding to t...
Povoa, Pedro; Coelho, Luis; Carratala, Jordi; Cawcutt, Kelly; Cosgrove, Sara; Ferrer, Ricard; Gomez, Carlos A.; Klompas, Michael; Lisboa, ThiagoFunding Information: Open access funding provided by FCT|FCCN (b-on). Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2025.; Pneumonia is a frequent cause of intensive care unit (ICU) admission and is the most common infection in ICU patients across all geographic regions. It takes 48-72h for most patients to respond to appropriate antibiotic therapy. Non-response is typically defined as the persistence/worsening of clini...
Epidemiology and Burden of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia among adult intensiv...
Mergulhão, Paulo; Pereira, João Gonçalves; Fernandes, Antero Vale; Krystopchuk, Andriy; Ribeiro, João Miguel; Miranda, Daniel; Castro, HeloísaVentilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a prevailing nosocomial infection in critically ill patients requiring invasive mechanical ventilation (iMV). The impact of VAP is profound, adversely affecting patient outcomes and placing a significant burden on healthcare resources. This study assessed for the first time the contemporary VAP epidemiology in Portugal and its burden on the healthcare system and clinical...
Ventilator-associated tracheobronchitis: an update
Salluh, Jorge Ibrain Figueira; Souza-Dantas, Vicente Cés de; Martin-Loeches, Ignacio; Lisboa, Thiago; Rabello, Ligia Sarmet Cunha Farah; Saad, NseirSubmitted by DSpace Unilasalle (dspace@unilasalle.edu.br) on 2021-07-27T18:59:11Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Ventilator-associated tracheobronchitis_RBTI.pdf: 133717 bytes, checksum: b2d3419a937cd75babd12c37cce076a7 (MD5); Made available in DSpace on 2021-07-27T18:59:12Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Ventilator-associated tracheobronchitis_RBTI.pdf: 133717 bytes, checksum: b2d3419a937cd75babd12c37cce076a7 (MD5) Previou...
Bacterial etiology of community-acquired pneumonia in immunocompetent hospitali...
Carugati, Manuela; Aliberti, S.; Sotgiu, G.; Blasi, F.; Gori, A.; Menendez, R.; Encheva, M.; Gallego, M.; Leuschner, P.; Ruiz-Buitrago, S.An accurate knowledge of the epidemiology of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is key for selecting appropriate antimicrobial treatments. Very few etiological studies assessed the appropriateness of empiric guideline recommendations at a multinational level. This study aims at the following: (i) describing the bacterial etiologic distribution of CAP and (ii) assessing the appropriateness of the empirical treat...