ReviewRevista Brasileira de terapia intensiva
Ventilator-associated tracheobronchitis: an update.
Review in Revista Brasileira de terapia intensiva. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 5 papers.
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.
- Nosocomial lower respiratory tract infections in patients with immunosuppression: a cohort study.Annals of intensive care · 2025Article
- VATICAN (Ventilator-Associated Tracheobronchitis Initiative to Conduct Antibiotic Evaluation): protocol for a multicenter randomized open-label trial of watchful waiting versus antimicrobial therapy for ventilator-associated tracheobronchitis.Critical care science · 2024Article
- European Network for ICU-Related Respiratory Infections (ENIRRIs): a multinational, prospective, cohort study of nosocomial LRTI.Intensive care medicine · 2023Observational
- Nosocomial Infections in Adult Patients Supported by Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in a Cardiac Intensive Care Unit.Microorganisms · 2023Article
- Risk factors and outcomes of lower respiratory tract infections after traumatic brain injury: a retrospective observational study.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Article
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issuedErratum.2020
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7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Ventilator-associated lower respiratory tract infection is one of the most frequent complications in mechanically ventilated patients. Ventilator-associated tracheobronchitis has been considered a disease that does not warrant antibiotic treatment by the medical community for many years. In the last decade, several studies have shown that tracheobronchitis could be considered an intermediate process that leads to ventilator-associated pneumonia. Furthermore, ventilator-associated tracheobronchitis has a limited impact on overall mortality but shows a significant association with increased patient costs, length of stay, antibiotic use, and duration of mechanical ventilation. Although we still need clear evidence, especially concerning treatment modalities, the present study on ventilator-associated tracheobronchitis highlights that there are important impacts of including this condition in clinical management and epidemiological and infection surveillance.
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