Journal article
Diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia in critically ill adult patients—a systematic review and meta-analysis
Abstract
The accuracy of the signs and tests that clinicians use to diagnose ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) and initiate antibiotic treatment has not been well characterized. We sought to characterize and compare the accuracy of physical examination, chest radiography, endotracheal aspirate (ETA), bronchoscopic sampling cultures (protected specimen brush [PSB] and bronchoalveolar lavage [BAL]), and CPIS > 6 to diagnose VAP. We searched six …
Authors
Fernando SM; Tran A; Cheng W; Klompas M; Kyeremanteng K; Mehta S; English SW; Muscedere J; Cook DJ; Torres A
Journal
Intensive Care Medicine, Vol. 46, No. 6, pp. 1170–1179
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
June 2020
DOI
10.1007/s00134-020-06036-z
ISSN
0342-4642