Infection-Related Ventilator-Associated Complication and Possible Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia among Mechanically Ventilated Patients of Adult Medical and Surgical Intensive Care Units

Bijayini Behera; Ashoka Mahapatra; Jawahar Sreevihar Kunjan Pillai; Jayanti Jena; Jyotirmayee Rath; Jyotirmayee Biswala; Chandramani Sahoo; Rajeswari Panda; Madhusmita Kanungo

doi:10.1055/s-0042-1750076

Journal of Laboratory Physicians (Mar 2023)

Infection-Related Ventilator-Associated Complication and Possible Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia among Mechanically Ventilated Patients of Adult Medical and Surgical Intensive Care Units

Bijayini Behera,
Ashoka Mahapatra,
Jawahar Sreevihar Kunjan Pillai,
Jayanti Jena,
Jyotirmayee Rath,
Jyotirmayee Biswala,
Chandramani Sahoo,
Rajeswari Panda,
Madhusmita Kanungo

Affiliations

Bijayini Behera: ORCiD; Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
Ashoka Mahapatra: Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
Jawahar Sreevihar Kunjan Pillai: ORCiD; Department of Hospital Administration, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
Jayanti Jena: Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
Jyotirmayee Rath: Department of Infection Control Nursing, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
Jyotirmayee Biswala: Department of Infection Control Nursing, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
Chandramani Sahoo: Department of Infection Control Nursing, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
Rajeswari Panda: Department of Infection Control Nursing, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
Madhusmita Kanungo: Department of Infection Control Nursing, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0042-1750076
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 15, no. 01
pp. 045 – 047

Abstract

Read online

Objective An observational study was conducted to evaluate (1) the incidence rates of infection-related ventilator-associated complication (IVAC) and possible ventilator-associated pneumonia (PVAP) among mechanically ventilated patients of adult medical and surgical intensive care units (ICUs) and (2) the pathogen distribution in patients with PVAP.

Published in Journal of Laboratory Physicians

ISSN: 0974-2727 (Print); 0974-7826 (Online)
Publisher: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
Country of publisher: India
LCC subjects: Medicine
Website: https://www.thieme.in/journal-of-laboratory-physicians

About the journal

Abstract

Keywords