Incidence and risk factors for ventilator-associated pneumonia after major heart surgery

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[10] Heyland DK(2006)Postoperative infections after major heart surgery and prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia: a one-day European prevalence study (ESGNI-008) J Hosp Infect 64 224-230

[1] Rello J(2002)Epidemiology and outcomes of ventilator-associated pneumonia in a large US database Chest 122 2115-2121

[2] Ollendorf DA(2001)Mortality rate attributable to ventilator-associated nosocomial pneumonia in an adult intensive care unit: a prospective case–control study Crit Care Med 29 2303-2309

[3] Oster G(1999)The attributable morbidity and mortality of ventilator-associated pneumonia in the critically ill patient. The Canadian Critical Trials Group Am J Respir Crit Care Med 159 1249-1256

[4] Vera-Llonch M(2003)Outcome and attributable cost of ventilator-associated pneumonia among intensive care unit patients in a suburban medical center Crit Care Med 31 1312-1317

[5] Bellm L(1993)Nosocomial pneumonia in ventilated patients: a cohort study evaluating attributable mortality and hospital stay Am J Med 94 281-288

[6] Redman R(1996)Risk factors for nosocomial pneumonia: comparing adult critical-care populations Am J Respir Crit Care Med 153 158-162

[7] Kollef MH(1993)Ventilator-associated pneumonia. A multivariate analysis Jama 270 1965-1970

[8] Bercault N(1997)The impact of nosocomial infections on patient outcomes following cardiac surgery Chest 112 666-675

[9] Boulain T(2004)Nosocomial infections in heart surgery patients: active surveillance in two Italian hospitals Ann Ig 16 735-743

[10] Heyland DK(2006)Postoperative infections after major heart surgery and prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia: a one-day European prevalence study (ESGNI-008) J Hosp Infect 64 224-230