Evaluation of 2 sets of screening criteria for ventilator-associated pneumonia in a children's hospital

Christopher N. Taylor; Luke Noronha; Christopher S. Wichman; Meera Varman

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2014.05.034

Evaluation of 2 sets of screening criteria for ventilator-associated pneumonia in a children's hospital

Christopher N. Taylor, Luke Noronha, Christopher S. Wichman, Meera Varman

Department of Pediatrics

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Abstract

We compared current Centers for Disease Control and Prevention surveillance criteria with the newer adult screening criteria (ASC) for identifying pediatric ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). Possible cases of VAP identified by ASC (n = 17) and cases of VAP identified by the older current surveillance criteria (n = 15) are comparable, but only 9 were identified by both. Positive end expiratory pressure was inferior to fraction of inspired oxygen in identifying ventilator-associated conditions by ASC.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1011-1013
Number of pages	3
Journal	American Journal of Infection Control
Volume	42
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2014.05.034
State	Published - Sep 2014

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Epidemiology
Health Policy
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Infectious Diseases

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Taylor, C. N., Noronha, L., Wichman, C. S., & Varman, M. (2014). Evaluation of 2 sets of screening criteria for ventilator-associated pneumonia in a children's hospital. American Journal of Infection Control, 42(9), 1011-1013. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2014.05.034

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