Critical care (London, England), 2020-06, Vol.24 (1), p.289-289, Article 289
2020
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- Autor(en) / Beteiligte
- Titel
- The challenge of ventilator-associated pneumonia diagnosis in COVID-19 patients
- Ist Teil von
- Critical care (London, England), 2020-06, Vol.24 (1), p.289-289, Article 289
- Ort / Verlag
- England: BioMed Central Ltd
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2020
- Link zum Volltext
- Quelle
- MEDLINE
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- The clinical presentation of COVID-19 pneumonia is relatively homogenous and commonly associates high fever, hyperleukocytosis, severe hypoxemia, extensive bilateral radiologic infiltrates, and biological inflammatory syndrome. Since this presentation is shared with VAP, traditional diagnostic criteria for VAP are not valid in the critical COVID-19 population. [...]the microbiological documentation from deep respiratory secretions currently remains the sole criterion to support VAP diagnosis in COVID-19 patients. [...]many ICU perform less invasive endotracheal aspirate (ETA) with quantitative or semi-quantitative cultures, even if less reliable for deciding whether to institute antibiotic treatment or not.
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 1364-8535eISSN: 1466-609XDOI: 10.1186/s13054-020-03013-2Titel-ID: cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_35bbfc21f4d648e69dc4597e8377e006
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- Schlagworte
- Antibiotics, Coronavirus Infections - therapy, Coronaviruses, COVID-19, Critical care, Cross infection, Diagnosis, Drug resistance, Hospitals, Humans, Intensive care, Life Sciences, Medical diagnosis, Nosocomial infections, Pandemics, Pneumonia, Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated - diagnosis, Pneumonia, Viral - therapy, Ventilators, Ventilators (Medical equipment)