Incidence and risk factors for ventilator-associated pneumonia after major heart surgery

Javier Hortal,Maddalena Giannella,María Jesús Pérez,José María Barrio,Manuel Desco,Emilio Bouza,Patricia Muñoz

Incidence and risk factors for ventilator-associated pneumonia after major heart surgery

2009

Javier Hortal
Maddalena Giannella
María Jesús Pérez
José María Barrio
Manuel Desco
Emilio Bouza
Patricia Muñoz

Purpose Major heart surgery (MHS) patients are a particularly high-risk population for nosocomial infections. Our objective was to identify risk factors for ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in patients undergoing MHS.

Keywords:

Intensive care medicine
Prospective cohort study
Respiratory disease
Risk factor
Cardiac surgery
Epidemiology
Mechanical ventilation
Ventilator-associated pneumonia
Population
Surgery
Medicine
intensive care
Anesthesiology
Resuscitation

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