17May 2023

VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA IN A TERTIARY CARE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT: RISK FACTORS AND MICROBIAL PROFILE

  • Professor,Microbiology Department MGMs Medical College & Hospital ChhatrapatiSambhaji Nagar [Aurangabad] Maharashtra [India].
  • JR III , Microbiology Department Government Medical College ChhatrapatiSambhaji Nagar [Aurangabad].
  • Professor & Head Microbiology Department MGMs Medical College & Hospital ChhatrapatiSambhaji Nagar [Aurangabad].
  • Associate Professor Microbiology Department MGMs Medical College & Hospital ChhatrapatiSambhaji Nagar [Aurangabad].
  • Assistant Professor Microbiology Department MGMs Medical College & Hospital ChhatrapatiSambhaji Nagar [Aurangabad].
  • Assistant Nursing Superintendent MGMs Medical College & Hospital ChhatrapatiSambhaji Nagar [Aurangabad].
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Forcreatingefficientpreventativestrategies,knowledgeoftheetiology,antibioticresistancepatternsandriskfactorsfordevelopingVentilatorassociatedpneumonia[VAP]inICUpatientsisessential.Thisprospectiveobservationalcross-sectionaltwo-yearstudywasdonetorecognizeriskfactorsforthedevelopmentofVAP,causalagentsandtheirantimicrobialsusceptibilitypattern.FiftylateonsetVAPand26earlyonsetVAPpatientswereexamined.Prolongedmechanicalventilation,reintubation,andtracheostomywereidentifiedasimportantriskfactors.AcinetobacterbaumanniicomplexKlebsiellapneumoniaewerethemainbacterialpathogens.TheideaofdifferentiatingpathogensbasedonlateandearlyonsetVAPmaynolongerbeusefulforempiricaltherapy.IdentifyingtheriskfactorscanaidinpreventionofVAPinICUpatients.

[Anupama S. Wyawahare, Sai Wyawahare, Manjushree Mulay, Vishvesh Bansal, Shraddha Naik and Anita Verulkar (2023); VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA IN A TERTIARY CARE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT: RISK FACTORS AND MICROBIAL PROFILE Int. J. of Adv. Res. 11 (May). 918-924] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Dr Anupama Wyawahare
Microbiology Department, MGM’s Medical College & Hospital ChhatrapatiSambhaji Nagar [Aurangabad] Maharashtra

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/16947      
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/16947

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