Automated surveillance for ventilator-associated events.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has implemented a new, multitiered definition for ventilator-associated events (VAEs) to replace their former definition of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). We hypothesized that the new definition could be implemented in an automated, efficient, and reliable manner using the electronic health record and that the new definition would identify different patients than those identified under the previous definition.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective cohort analysis using an automated algorithm to analyze all patients admitted to the ICU at a single urban, tertiary-care hospital from 2008 to 2013.

Results

We identified 26,466 consecutive admissions to the ICU, 10,998 (42%) of whom were mechanically venti

SUBMITTER: Stevens JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4251620 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature