Hyperbaric hyperoxemia as a risk factor for ventilator-acquired pneumonia?

Morgan CaplanThibault DuburcqAnne-Sophie MoreauJulien PoissySaad NseirErika Parmentier-Decrucq

Published in: PloS one (2021)

Known risk factors for VAP are to be found within our ICU population. HBOT, however, is not an extra risk factor for VAP within this group. Further experimental and clinical investigations are needed to understand the impact of HBOT on the occurrence of VAP and on physiological microbiome.

Keyphrases

mechanical ventilation
intensive care unit
risk assessment
respiratory failure