Ventilator-associated pneumonia in critically ill patients with COVID-19.

Mailis MaesEllen HigginsonJoana Pereira-DiasMartin D CurranSurendra ParmarFahad KhokharDelphine Cuchet-LourençoJanine LuxSapna Sharma-HajelaBenjamin RavenhillIslam HamedLaura HealesRazeen MahroofAmelia SoderholmSally ForrestSushmita SridharNicholas M BrownStephen BakerVilas NavapurkarGordon DouganJosefin Bartholdson ScottAndrew Conway Morris

Published in: Critical care (London, England) (2021)

COVID-19 is associated with an increased risk of VAP, which is not fully explained by the prolonged duration of ventilation. The pulmonary dysbiosis caused by COVID-19, and the causative organisms of secondary pneumonia observed are similar to that seen in critically ill patients ventilated for other reasons.

Keyphrases

coronavirus disease
sars cov
respiratory failure
intensive care unit
acute respiratory distress syndrome
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
mechanical ventilation
community acquired pneumonia
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
multidrug resistant