International ERS/ESICM/ESCMID/ALAT guidelines for the management of hospital-acquired pneumonia and ventilator-associated pneumonia
Molina Center for Energy and the Environment · Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red · +22 more institutions
Abstract
The most recent European guidelines and task force reports on hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) were published almost 10 years ago. Since then, further randomised clinical trials of HAP and VAP have been conducted and new information has become available. Studies of epidemiology, diagnosis, empiric treatment, response to treatment, new antibiotics or new forms of antibiotic administration and disease prevention have changed old paradigms. In addition, important differences between approaches in Europe and the USA have become apparent.The European Respiratory Society launched a project to develop new international guidelines for HAP and VAP. Other European societies,…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 53.51
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 144
Authors
16- ATAntoní TorresCorresponding
Molina Center for Energy and the Environment, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Consorci Institut D'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi I Sunyer, Universitat de Barcelona
- MSMichael S. Niederman
Cornell University, Molina Center for Energy and the Environment, Weill Cornell Medicine
- JCJean Chastre
Sorbonne Université, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital
- SESantiago Ewig
- PFPatricia Fernandez-Vandellos
Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Consorci Institut D'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi I Sunyer
Topics & keywords
- Medicine
- Pneumonia
- Ventilator-associated pneumonia
- Intensive care medicine
- Internal medicine
- Good health and well-being