Ventilator-associated pneumonia: bacteremia and death after traumatic injury.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The implications of bacteremia in critically ill patients are uncertain. Some reports suggest bacteremia is linked to higher mortality whereas others do not. These differences may, in part, be because of differences in patient cohorts. To address the potential independent relationship between bacteremia and outcome, we focused on critically ill trauma patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), of whom a significant proportion had concomitant bacteremia. We tested the hypothesis that bacteremia was associated with death in trauma patients who developed VAP.

Methods

In this retrospective cohort study, we measured the incidence of bacteremia associated with VAP and compared the case-fatality rates between patients with and without bacteremia. We adjusted fo

SUBMITTER: O'Keefe GE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6874885 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature