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Ventilator-associated pneumonia among ICU patients in WHO Southeast Asian region: A systematic review.
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- Incidence, Mortality, and Determinants of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Among Pediatric Patients at the National Referral Hospital, Bhutan: A Prospective Cohort Study.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Development and validation of LPCPIS: an integrated clinical, biomarker and lung ultrasound score for the diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia.BMJ open respiratory research · 2026Observational
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- Comparative effectiveness of intravenous versus inhalational antibiotic administration for the management of Acinetobacter pneumonia: A randomized controlled trial.Qatar medical journal · 2026Article
- Utility of Lung Ultrasonography for Early Diagnosis and Monitoring of Ventilator-associated Pneumonia in Mechanically Ventilated Patients: A Prospective Observational Study.Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2025Article
- Efficacy of Endolysin LysAB1245 Combined with Colistin as Adjunctive Therapy Against Colistin-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Nurses' compliance to ventilator-associated pneumonia prevention bundle and its effect on patient outcomes in intensive care units.Nursing in critical care · 2025Article
- Development of a Weighted-Incidence Syndromic Combination Antibiogram (WISCA) to guide empiric antibiotic treatment for ventilator-associated pneumonia in a Mexican tertiary care university hospital.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Healthcare-Associated Infection Rates in Türkiye (2014-2023): A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Infectious diseases & clinical microbiology · 2025Article
- Oral care medications for the prevention and treatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia in intensive care unit.Frontiers in oral health · 2025Review
- Etiology of Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia (HAP) and Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP) in Tertiary-Care Hospitals in Thailand: A Multicenter, Retrospective Cohort Study.Infection and drug resistance · 2025Article
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- Incidence and risk factors of ventilator-associated pneumonia in the intensive care unit: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of thoracic disease · 2024Article
- Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Bundle of Care Training of Nursing Officers Using Simulation and Its Impact on Their Knowledge and Incidence of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: A Quasi-Experimental Study.Journal of pediatric intensive care · 2024Article
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Abstract
Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is one of the most frequent ICU-acquired infections and a leading cause of death among patients in Intensive Care Unit (ICU). The South East Asian Region is a part of the world with limited health resources where infectious diseases are still underestimated. We aimed to review the literature in this part of the world to describe incidence, mortality and microbiological evidence of VAP and explore preventive and control strategies. We selected 24 peer-reviewed articles published from January 1, 2000 to September 1, 2020 from electronic databases and manual searching for observational studies among adult patients diagnosed with VAP expressed per thousand days admitted in ICU. The VAP rates ranged from 2.13 to 116 per thousand days, varying among different countries of this region. A significant rate of mortality was observed in 13 studies ranging from 16.2% to 74.1%. Gram negative organisms like Acinetobacter spp., Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella pneumoniae and Gram-positive organisms like Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus species were frequently found. Our findings suggest an alarming situation of VAP among patients of most of the countries of this region with increasing incidence, mortality and antibiotic resistance. Thus, there is an urgent need for cost effective control and preventive measures like interventional studies and educational programs on staff training, hand hygiene, awareness on antibiotic resistance, implementation of antibiotic stewardship programs and appropriate use of ventilator bundle approach.
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