Ventilator-associated pneumonia is linked to a worse prognosis than community-acquired pneumonia in children.
Maria Hernandez-GarciaMonica Girona-AlarconSara Bobillo-PerezMireia Urrea-AyalaAnna Sole-RibaltaMònica BalaguerFrancisco-José CambraIolanda JordanPublished in: PloS one (2022)
Patients with VAP had worse prognosis than patients with CAP, needing longer mechanical ventilation, more inotropic support and had higher mortality. Patients with VAP were mainly infected by Enterobacterales and had more multidrug resistant microorganisms than patients with CAP.
Keyphrases
- community acquired pneumonia
- mechanical ventilation
- multidrug resistant
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- intensive care unit
- respiratory failure
- young adults
- drug resistant
- gram negative
- acinetobacter baumannii
- cardiovascular events
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- klebsiella pneumoniae
- escherichia coli
- coronary artery disease
- cystic fibrosis