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ReviewInfection and drug resistance2016

Pseudomonas aeruginosa ventilator-associated pneumonia management.

Sergio Ramírez-Estrada, Bárbara Borgatta, Jordi Rello

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Review in Infection and drug resistance, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 70 papers.

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70citing papers in PubMed
11.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

70 citing papers in PubMed, 123 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Sergio Ramírez-EstradaCritical Care Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain.
Bárbara BorgattaCritical Care Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain; CRIPS, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Research (VHIR), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Barcelona, Spain.
Jordi RelloDepartment of Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Enfermedad Respiratoria - CIBERES, Madrid, Spain.
Hebron University · PSUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelona · ESVall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ventilator-associated pneumonia is the most common infection in intensive care unit patients associated with high morbidity rates and elevated economic costs; Pseudomonas aeruginosa is one of the most frequent bacteria linked with this entity, with a high attributable mortality despite adequate treatment that is increased in the presence of multiresistant strains, a situation that is becoming more common in intensive care units. In this manuscript, we review the current management of ventilator-associated pneumonia due to P. aeruginosa, the most recent antipseudomonal agents, and new adjunctive therapies that are shifting the way we treat these infections. We support early initiation of broad-spectrum antipseudomonal antibiotics in present, followed by culture-guided monotherapy de-escalation when susceptibilities are available. Future management should be directed at blocking virulence; the role of alternative strategies such as new antibiotics, nebulized treatments, and vaccines is promising.

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adjunctive-therapiescare-bundlesICUmultidrug-resistantnew-antibiotics

Identifiers

PMID26855594
PMCPMC4725638
OpenAlexW2271079089

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