Update on infections in ICU patients
Enferm. infecc. microbiol. clín. (Ed. impr.)
; 26(supl.3): 39-48, abr. 2008.
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| ID: ibc-71300
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ES15.1
Ubicación: ES15.1 - BNCS
ABSTRACT
Studies carried out in 2006 on severe community-acquiredpneumonia or nosocomial pneumonia requiring admissionto the ICU are numerous and of a high quality. Amongstudies of community-acquired pneumonia, the mostrelevant are those focused on the development andevaluation of systems for the identification of patientswith severe pneumonia, analysis of the impact of theinitial inflammatory response on the course of the disease, and level of adherence to therapeutic guidelines proposed by different scientific societies. Among studies of nosocomial pneumonia, those involving ventilatorassociated pneumonia and health care-associatedpneumonia should be emphasized. The reliabilityof different respiratory sampling methods for theetiological diagnosis of pneumonia, the impact of different etiological agents, and the efficacy of prophylactic measures have been the object of different investigations. Important aspects of these studies include the assessment of different strategies in the use of antimicrobial agents to decrease the selection of multiresistant pathogens. Moreover, early identification of patients at risk of invasive fungal infections, as well as preemptive treatment of these infections in selected patients have been topics of increasing interest (AU)
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Colección:
06-national
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ES
Base de datos:
IBECS
Asunto principal:
Infección Hospitalaria
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Unidades de Cuidados Intensivos
Tipo de estudio:
Guideline
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Enferm. infecc. microbiol. clín. (Ed. impr.)
Año:
2008
Tipo del documento:
Article