Risk Factors and Algorithms for the Empirical Treatment of Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia and Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) continue to be major concerns for morbidity and mortality, especially in patients treated in the intensive care unit. With the rise in multidrug-resistant organisms, HAP and VAP treatment is challenged by the need for early appropriate treatment, with broad-spectrum agents, while still being aware of the principles of antibiotic stewardship. The two major society guidelines proposed a series of risk factors in their most recent guidelines to help identify patients who can most benefit from narrow- or broad-spectrum initial empiric antibiotic therapy. The guidelines reveal differences in the proposed risk factors and treatment approaches, as well as major similarities.

publication date

  • January 18, 2022

Research

keywords

  • Cross Infection
  • Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 85128493641

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1055/s-0041-1740335

PubMed ID

  • 35042262

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 43

issue

  • 2