Removal of oral secretion prior to position change can reduce the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia for adult ICU patients: a clinical controlled trial study

2009 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yann-Fen C Chao ◽  
Yin-Yin Chen ◽  
Kai-Wei Katherine Wang ◽  
Ru-Pin Lee ◽  
Hweifar Tsai
2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. s407-s409
Author(s):  
Ksenia Ershova ◽  
Oleg Khomenko ◽  
Olga Ershova ◽  
Ivan Savin ◽  
Natalia Kurdumova ◽  
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Background: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) represents the highest burden among all healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), with a particularly high rate in patients in neurosurgical ICUs. Numerous VAP risk factors have been identified to provide a basis for preventive measures. However, the impact of individual factors on the risk of VAP is unclear. The goal of this study was to evaluate the dynamics of various VAP risk factors given the continuously declining prevalence of VAP in our neurosurgical ICU. Methods: This prospective cohort unit-based study included neurosurgical patients who stayed in the ICU >48 consecutive hours in 2011 through 2018. The infection prevention and control (IPC) program was implemented in 2010 and underwent changes to adopt best practices over time. We used a 2008 CDC definition for VAP. The dynamics of VAP risk factors was considered a time series and was checked for stationarity using theAugmented Dickey-Fuller test (ADF) test. The data were censored when a risk factor was present during and after VAP episodes. Results: In total, 2,957 ICU patients were included in the study, 476 of whom had VAP. Average annual prevalence of VAP decreased from 15.8 per 100 ICU patients in 2011 to 9.5 per 100 ICU patients in 2018 (Welch t test P value = 7.7e-16). The fitted linear model showed negative slope (Fig. 1). During a study period we observed substantial changes in some risk factors and no changes in others. Namely, we detected a decrease in the use of anxiolytics and antibiotics, decreased days on mechanical ventilation, and a lower rate of intestinal dysfunction, all of which were nonstationary processes with a declining trend (ADF testP > .05) (Fig. 2). However, there were no changes over time in such factors as average age, comorbidity index, level of consciousness, gender, and proportion of patients with brain trauma (Fig. 2). Conclusions: Our evidence-based IPC program was effective in lowering the prevalence of VAP and demonstrated which individual measures contributed to this improvement. By following the dynamics of known VAP risk factors over time, we found that their association with declining VAP prevalence varies significantly. Intervention-related factors (ie, use of antibiotics, anxiolytics and mechanical ventilation, and a rate of intestinal dysfunction) demonstrated significant reduction, and patient-related factors (ie, age, sex, comorbidity, etc) remained unchanged. Thus, according to the discriminative model, the intervention-related factors contributed more to the overall risk of VAP than did patient-related factors, and their reduction was associated with a decrease in VAP prevalence in our neurosurgical ICU.Funding: NoneDisclosures: None


2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S792-S792
Author(s):  
Dee Shorttidge ◽  
Lalitagauri M Deshpande ◽  
Leonard R Duncan ◽  
Jennifer M Streit ◽  
Mariana Castanheira

Abstract Background Meropenem-vaborbactam (MVB) was recently approved in Europe for the treatment of complicated UTIs, including acute pyelonephritis, complicated intra-abdominal infections, hospital-acquired bacterial pneumonia, ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), and bacteremia. KPC-producing Enterobacterales (ENT) isolates have disseminated worldwide. We analysed the activity of MVB and single-agent comparators against 6,846 ENT isolates from patients hospitalised with pneumonia (PHP) including VAP in European hospitals (2014–2019). Methods Among 6,846 ENT clinical isolates from PHP collected in 40 European hospitals located in 20 countries that were susceptibility (S) tested using reference broth microdilution methods. Of the carbapenem-resistant isolates submitted to whole genome sequencing, 75 carried blaKPC. ENT isolates were also characterized for an extended spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) phenotype as described (CLSI, 2020). EUCAST (2020) interpretive criteria were used. %S from patients in the intensive care unit (ICU), ICU patients with VAP, and non-ICU isolates were also analysed. Results The most common ENT pathogens isolated from PHP were Klebsiella pneumoniae (KPN; n=1,877) and Escherichia coli (EC; n=1,646). The %S of MVB and comparators to ENT, ICU, ICU/VAP, and non-ICU are shown in the table. Overall, 98.2% of ENT were S to MVB. For 3,218 ENT isolates from ICU patients, MVB %S was 96.6% and for 2,627 non-ICU isolates MVB %S was 98.5%. The %S of comparators for ICU vs non-ICU isolates were similar, except for levofloxacin. 29 KPC-producing isolates were from ICU (11 from VAP), 46 were from non-ICU. Most KPC-producing isolates were KPN (n=71; 54 blaKPC-3, 16 blaKPC-2 and 1 blaKPC-12). 4 EC contained blaKPC-3. KPC were from 7 countries, Italy had the highest number of KPC-producing isolates at 42 (56%). MVB inhibited 100% of KPC-producing isolates. Amikacin was the most active comparator against all ENT (94.2%S); colistin was the most active comparator against KPC-producing isolates (79.7%S). Conclusion These results demonstrate MVB has potent activity against ENT isolates from PHP including those producing KPC enzymes and suggest MVB is a useful treatment option for ICU and non-ICU PHP including VAP. Table 1 Disclosures Leonard R. Duncan, PhD, A. Menarini Industrie Farmaceutiche Riunite S.R.L. (Research Grant or Support)Basilea Pharmaceutica International, Ltd. (Research Grant or Support)Dept of Health and Human Services (Research Grant or Support) Jennifer M. Streit, BS, A. Menarini Industrie Farmaceutiche Riunite S.R.L. (Research Grant or Support)A. Menarini Industrie Farmaceutiche Riunite S.R.L. (Research Grant or Support)Allergan (Research Grant or Support)Melinta Therapeutics, Inc. (Research Grant or Support)Melinta Therapeutics, Inc. (Research Grant or Support)Melinta Therapeutics, Inc. (Research Grant or Support)Merck (Research Grant or Support)Paratek Pharma, LLC (Research Grant or Support) Mariana Castanheira, PhD, 1928 Diagnostics (Research Grant or Support)A. Menarini Industrie Farmaceutiche Riunite S.R.L. (Research Grant or Support)Allergan (Research Grant or Support)Allergan (Research Grant or Support)Amplyx Pharmaceuticals (Research Grant or Support)Cidara Therapeutics (Research Grant or Support)Cidara Therapeutics (Research Grant or Support)Cipla Ltd. (Research Grant or Support)Cipla Ltd. (Research Grant or Support)Fox Chase Chemical Diversity Center (Research Grant or Support)GlaxoSmithKline (Research Grant or Support)Melinta Therapeutics, Inc. (Research Grant or Support)Melinta Therapeutics, Inc. (Research Grant or Support)Melinta Therapeutics, Inc. (Research Grant or Support)Merck (Research Grant or Support)Merck (Research Grant or Support)Merck & Co, Inc. (Research Grant or Support)Merck & Co, Inc. (Research Grant or Support)Paratek Pharma, LLC (Research Grant or Support)Pfizer (Research Grant or Support)Qpex Biopharma (Research Grant or Support)


2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 6395-6401
Author(s):  
XueQin Li ◽  
XiuYing Chen

Background VAP is a common complication of ventilator maintenance therapy. The occurrence of VAP is related to many factors such as long duration of breathing, invasive operation, pollution of respiratory tubes and instruments, and low immunity of patients. The prevention of VAP in critically ill patients I the primary problem for clinical medical staff. Avoiding exogenous bacteria invading the respiratory tract and endogenous bacterial infection is the main method. Objective To investigate the value of optimized cluster nursing intervention combined with targeted nursing measures in reducing the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in patients with mechanical ventilation in intensive care unit (ICU). Methods 200 patients with mechanical ventilation in ICU of our institute from January 2017 to June 2020 were selected and randomly divided into study group and control group, with 100 cases in each group. The study group was treated with cluster nursing intervention combined with targeted nursing measures optimized by muItL criteria decision analysis method, and the control group was treated with targeted nursing measures. The incidence of VAP, the detection rate of pathogenic bacteria in sputum specimens and the effect of nursing execution were compared between the two groups. 200 patients were divided into VAP group and non-VAP group according to whether VAP occurred. Multivariate Logistic regression model analysis was used to explore the risk factors of VAP in AECOPD patients. Results A total of 4 strains were detected in the study group and 18 strains were detected in the control group. The detection rate of pathogenic bacteria in the study group was higher than that in the control group (y2=10.010, P=0.002<0.05). The incidence of VAP in the study group was 4.00% lower than 17.00% in the control group, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). Compared with VAP group and non-VAP group, the proportion of patients with serum albumin<30g/L, diabetes mellitus rate, APACHE II score>15 points, tracheotomy rate and mechanical ventilation time≥5 days in VAP group were significantly higher than those in non-VAP group, which had statistical significance (P<0.05). The results of logistic regression model snowed that serum albumin ≥30g/L and optimized cluster nursing could effectively reduce the risk of VAP in ICU patients with mechanical ventilation (P<0.05). The risk of VAP in ICU patients with mechanical ventilation was increased by the combination of diabetes rate. APACHE II score≥15 points, tracheotomy and mechanical ventilation time ≥ 5 days (P<0.05). Conclusion The risk of VAP in ICU patients with mechanical ventilation is high, and the optimized cluster nursing intervention combined with targeted nursing measures can effectively reduce the incidence of VAP.


2015 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 677-685 ◽  
Author(s):  
Balasubramaniam Banupriya ◽  
Niranjan Biswal ◽  
Rangan Srinivasaraghavan ◽  
Parameswaran Narayanan ◽  
Jharna Mandal

Author(s):  
Laurie O. Mark ◽  
Jean Kwo

This chapter provides a summary of the landmark study “Comparison of 8 versus 15 days of antibiotic therapy for ventilator-associated pneumonia in adults: a randomized trial.” In adult patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), is treatment with an 8-day course of antimicrobials as effective as a 15-day course? Starting with that question, the chapter describes the basics of the study, including funding, study location, who was studied, how many patients, study design, study intervention, follow-up, endpoints, results, and criticism and limitations. The chapter briefly reviews other relevant studies and information, discusses implications, and concludes with a relevant clinical case. In ICU patients who develop microbiologically proven VAP, an 8-day antimicrobial course is not inferior to a 15-day course with respect to all-cause mortality or recurrence of pulmonary infection. However, these findings may not apply to patients who are immunocompromised, and shorter or longer duration of antibiotics may sometimes be indicated.


Critical Care ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathan Peiffer-Smadja ◽  
Lila Bouadma ◽  
Vincent Mathy ◽  
Kahina Allouche ◽  
Juliette Patrier ◽  
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