Definitions of hospital-acquired pneumonia in trauma research: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

What are reported definitions of HAP in trauma patient research?

Methods

A systematic review was performed using the PubMed/MEDLINE database. We included all English, Dutch, and German original research papers in adult trauma patients reporting diagnostic criteria for hospital-acquired pneumonia diagnosis. The risk of bias was assessed using the MINORS criteria.

Results

Forty-six out of 5749 non-duplicate studies were included. Forty-seven unique criteria were reported and divided into five categories: clinical, laboratory, microbiological, radiologic, and miscellaneous. Eighteen studies used 33 unique guideline criteria; 28 studies used 36 unique non-guideline criteria.

Conclusion

Clinical criteria for diagnosing HAP-both guideline and non-guideline-ar

SUBMITTER: Kobes T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11599634 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature