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Comprehensive Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines for Ventilator Associated Pneumonia Recently Published
The VAP clinical practice guidelines are a set of recommendations that have been systematically developed by a multidisciplinary team by reviewing the evidence for prevention, diagnosis and treatment of VAP. Click here for more on the development of these guidelines, including a summary of recommendations and evidence tables. Muscedere J, Dodek P, Keenan S, et al. Comprehensive Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines for Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: Prevention. Journal of Critical Care 2008;23(1):126-137. Abstract Full text pdf Muscedere J, Dodek P, Keenan S, et al. Comprehensive Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines for Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: Diagnosis and Treatment. Journal of Critical Care 2008;23(1):138-147. Abstract Full text pdf
Recently Published in the Journal of Critical Care Muscedere JG, Martin CM and Heyland DK. The Impact of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia on the Canadian Health Care System. Journal of Critical Care 2008; 23(1):5-10. Abstract Full text pdf Delisle M, Williamson DR, Perreault MM, et al. The Clinical Significance of Candida Colonization of Respiratory Tract Secretions in Critically Ill Patients. Journal of Critical Care 2008;23(1):11-17. Abstract Full text pdf Parker CM, Kutsogiannis J, Muscedere J, et al. Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Caused by Multidrug-Resistant Organisms or Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Prevalence, Incidence, Risk Factors, and Outcomes. Journal of Critical Care 2008;23(1):18-26. Abstract Full text pdf Muscedere JG, McColl C, Shorr A, et al. Determinants of Outcome in Patients With a Clinical Suspicion of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia. Journal of Critical Care 2008;23(1):41-49. Abstract Full text pdf Lauzier F, Ruest A, Cook D, et al. The Value of Pretest Probability and Modified Clinical Pulmonary Infection Score to Diagnose Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia. Journal of Critical Care 2008;23(1):50-57. Abstract Full text pdf Sanders KM, Adhikari KJ, Friedrich JO, et al. Previous Cultures Are Not Clinically Useful for Guiding Empiric Antibiotics in Suspected Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: Secondary Analysis From a Randomized Trial. Journal of Critical Care 2008;23(1):58-63. Abstract Full text pdf Shorr AF, Cook D, Jiang X, et al. Correlates of Clinical Failure in Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: Insights From a Large, Randomized Trial. Journal of Critical Care 2008;23(1):64-73. Abstract Full text pdf Albert M, Friedrich JO, Adhikari, et al. Utility of Gram Stain in the Clinical Management of Suspected Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: Secondary Analysis of a Multicenter Randomized Trial. Journal of Critical Care 2008;23(1):74-81. Abstract Full text pdf Joffe AR, Muscedere J, Marshall JC, et al. The Safety of Targeted Antibiotic Therapy for Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: A Multicenter Observational Study. Journal of Critical Care 2008;23(1):82-90. Abstract Full text pdf Sinuff T, Muscedere J, Cook D, et al. Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: Improving Clinical Outcomes Through Guideline Implementation. Journal of Critical Care 2008;23(1): 118-125. Abstract Full text pdf
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