Risk Factors for Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Surgical Intensive-Care-Unit Patients
- 1 June 1996
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
- Vol. 17 (6) , 374-376
- https://doi.org/10.2307/30141140
Abstract
Patients admitted during the study period to the Sharp Memorial Hospital intensive-care units who required mechanical ventilation were followed prospectively; 15 (10.4%) of 145 acquired ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). Duration of prior oral or nasal intubation and H₂ receptor antagonists use were longer among patients who developed VAP than among those who did not. Prior cefazolin use was associated with a higher rate of VAP (11 of 63 [17%] versus 4 of 82 [5%], P=.01).Keywords
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