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"Does this patient have…" "Is this patient at risk for infection with multidrug resistant bacteria?"

scientific article published on 10 November 2015

1008. Cluster Analysis to Define Distinct Clinical Phenotypes Among Septic Patients With Bloodstream Infections

1233A Comparison of National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP) and Ventilator Associated Event (VAE) Definitions.

scientific article published in December 2014

1658C. difficile Recurrence is a Strong Predictor of 30-day Rehospitalization Among ICU Patients.

scientific article published in December 2014

166Rapid MRSA PCR on Respiratory Specimens from Ventilated Patients with Suspected Pneumonia: A Potential Tool for Antimicrobial Stewardship.

scientific article published in December 2014

1894. Antimicrobial Stewardship in the Intensive Care Unit: Survey of Critical Care and Infectious Diseases Physicians

339An International, Multicenter, Retrospective Study of Nosocomial Pneumonia due to

scientific article published in December 2014

718Predictors of Hospital Mortality Among Septic ICU Patients With Acinetobacter spp. Bacteremia: A Cohort Study.

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872. PROPHETIC: Predicting Pneumonia in Hospitalized Patients in the ICU—A Model and Scoring System

scholarly article by Stephen P Bergin et al published November 2018 in Open Forum Infectious Diseases

881New Ventilator Associated Event (VAE) Definition: Persistence of Subjective Variability.

scientific article published in December 2014

A Case-Control Study Assessing the Impact of Nonventilated Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia on Patient Outcomes

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A Hypothesis-Generating Study of the Combination of Aspirin plus Macrolides in Patients with Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia

scientific article published on 29 January 2019

A Noteworthy Case of Acute Bronchitis

scientific article published in February 2016

A Prospective One-Year Microbiologic Survey of Combined Pneumonia and Respiratory Failure

scientific article published on 7 September 2017

A Randomized Trial of Palliative Care Discussions Linked to an Automated Early Warning System Alert

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A Randomized Trial of the Amikacin Fosfomycin Inhalation System for the Adjunctive Therapy of Gram-Negative Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: IASIS Trial

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A Respiratory Therapist Disease Management Program for Subjects Hospitalized With COPD.

scientific article published on 29 November 2016

A cohort study of bacteremic pneumonia: The importance of antibiotic resistance and appropriate initial therapy?

scientific article published on August 2016

A comparison of culture-positive and culture-negative health-care-associated pneumonia

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A comparison of ventilator-associated pneumonia rates as identified according to the National Healthcare Safety Network and American College of Chest Physicians criteria* ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 2012

A cost-benefit analysis of gown use in controlling vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus transmission: is it worth the price?

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A descriptive comparison of ultrasound-guided central venous cannulation of the internal jugular vein to landmark-based subclavian vein cannulation

scientific article published on April 2010

A magic bullet for sepsis: getting back to the basics

scientific article published in February 2010

A prospective evaluation of ventilator-associated conditions and infection-related ventilator-associated conditions

scientific article published on January 2015

A randomized controlled trial of an antibiotic discontinuation policy for clinically suspected ventilator-associated pneumonia

scientific article published on May 2004

A randomized double-blind trial of iseganan in prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia

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A randomized trial of 7-day doripenem versus 10-day imipenem-cilastatin for ventilator-associated pneumonia ⬇️

scientific article published on November 13, 2012

A randomized trial of real-time automated clinical deterioration alerts sent to a rapid response team

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A risk score for identifying methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in patients presenting to the hospital with pneumonia ⬇️

scientific article published on June 6, 2013

A targeted educational intervention to reduce ventilator-associated complications.

scientific article published on 26 May 2016

A trial of a real‐time Alert for clinical deterioration in Patients hospitalized on general medical wards ⬇️

scientific article published on February 25, 2013

Acinetobacter Pneumonia: Improving Outcomes with Early Identification and Appropriate Therapy.

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Activity of a silver-coated endotracheal tube in preclinical models of ventilator-associated pneumonia and a study after extubation

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Addition of vasopressin to norepinephrine as independent predictor of mortality in patients with refractory septic shock: an observational study

scientific article published in April 2007

Aerosolized antibiotics: do they add to the treatment of pneumonia?

scientific article published on December 2013

Ambulatory care-sensitive conditions: clinical outcomes and impact on intensive care unit resource use.

scientific article published on February 2003

An educational intervention to reduce ventilator-associated pneumonia in an integrated health system: a comparison of effects

scientific article published in June 2004

An empirical approach to the treatment of multidrug-resistant ventilator-associated pneumonia

scientific article published on 14 April 2003

An institutional perspective on the impact of recent antibiotic exposure on length of stay and hospital costs for patients with gram-negative sepsis ⬇️

scientific article published on March 13, 2012

An international multicenter retrospective study of Pseudomonas aeruginosa nosocomial pneumonia: impact of multidrug resistance

scientific article published on 6 May 2015

Analysis of 30-day mortality for clostridium difficile-associated disease in the ICU setting

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Analytical Performance Characteristics of the Accelerate Pheno™ System for Pathogen Identification and Susceptibility Testing for Gram-negative Bacteremia and Candidemia.

scientific article published on 4 October 2017

Antibiotic heterogeneity: should we use it?

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Antibiotic utilization and outcomes for patients with clinically suspected ventilator-associated pneumonia and negative quantitative BAL culture results

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Antibiotics for the critically ill: more than just selecting appropriate initial therapy ⬇️

scientific article published on May 23, 2013

Antimicrobial stewardship in the intensive care unit: advances and obstacles

scientific article published on 8 January 2009

Antimicrobial stewardship programs: mandatory for all ICUs ⬇️

scientific article published on November 22, 2012

Appraising contemporary strategies to combat multidrug resistant gram-negative bacterial infections--proceedings and data from the Gram-Negative Resistance Summit ⬇️

scientific article published on September 1, 2011

Appropriate empiric antimicrobial therapy of nosocomial pneumonia: the role of the carbapenems.

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Appropriate empirical antibacterial therapy for nosocomial infections: getting it right the first time

scientific article published on January 2003

Assessment of risk factors for inappropriate empiric antibiotic therapy in patients with Gram-negative sterile site infection complicated by sepsis or septic shock.

scientific article published on 4 October 2017

Association Between Partial Pressure of Arterial Carbon Dioxide and Survival to Hospital Discharge Among Patients Diagnosed With Sepsis in the Emergency Department

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Association Between a Silver-Coated Endotracheal Tube and Reduced Mortality in Patients With Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

scholarly article by Bekele Afessa et al published May 2010 in Chest

Augmented renal clearance is not a risk factor for mortality in Enterobacteriaceae bloodstream infections treated with appropriate empiric antimicrobials

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Azithromycin and survival inStreptococcus pneumoniaepneumonia: a retrospective study ⬇️

scientific article published on June 20, 2013

Bacteremia increases the risk of death among patients with soft-tissue infections

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Bench-to-bedside review: Understanding the impact of resistance and virulence factors on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in the intensive care unit

scientific article published on 08 October 2009

Bench-to-bedside review: antimicrobial utilization strategies aimed at preventing the emergence of bacterial resistance in the intensive care unit

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Broad-spectrum antimicrobials and the treatment of serious bacterial infections: getting it right up front

scientific article published on September 2008

CAP, HCAP, HAP, VAP: The Diachronic Linguistics of Pneumonia

scientific article published in November 2017

CD4+ lymphocyte adenosine triphosphate determination in sepsis: a cohort study

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COUNTERPOINT: Should Inhaled Antibiotic Therapy Be Used Routinely for the Treatment of Bacterial Lower Respiratory Tract Infections in the ICU Setting? No.

scientific article published on 22 November 2016

Candidemia and non-candidemia related septic shock: are there differences between them?

scientific article published on 16 May 2014

Candidemia on presentation to the hospital: development and validation of a risk score

scientific article published on 29 September 2009

Catheter removal and outcomes of multidrug-resistant central-line-associated bloodstream infection

scientific article published on 01 October 2018

Ceftazidime-avibactam versus meropenem in nosocomial pneumonia, including ventilator-associated pneumonia (REPROVE): a randomised, double-blind, phase 3 non-inferiority trial

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Clinical Impact of Expedited Pathogen Identification and Susceptibility Testing for Gram-negative Bacteremia and Candidemia Using the Accelerate Pheno™ System.

scientific article published on 4 October 2017

Clinical characteristics and treatment patterns among patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia

scientific article published in May 2006

Clinical cure and survival in Gram-positive ventilator-associated pneumonia: retrospective analysis of two double-blind studies comparing linezolid with vancomycin

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Clinical effectiveness of a sedation protocol minimizing benzodiazepine infusions and favoring early dexmedetomidine: a before-after study

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Clinical implications for patients treated inappropriately for community-acquired pneumonia in the emergency department

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Clinical importance of delays in the initiation of appropriate antibiotic treatment for ventilator-associated pneumonia

scientific article published on July 2002

Clinical utility of blood cultures drawn from central vein catheters and peripheral venipuncture in critically ill medical patients

scientific article published on March 2003

Clostridium difficile in the ICU: the struggle continues

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Clostridium difficile in the intensive care unit: epidemiology, costs, and colonization pressure

scientific article published on 26 January 2007

Clostridium difficile infection: a multicenter study of epidemiology and outcomes in mechanically ventilated patients

scientific article published in August 2013

Clostridium difficile recurrence is a strong predictor of 30-day rehospitalization among patients in intensive care

scientific article published on March 2015

Clostridium difficile-associated disease and mortality among the elderly critically ill.

scientific article published in September 2009

Cluster analysis to define distinct clinical phenotypes among septic patients with bloodstream infections

Conservative fluid therapy in septic shock: an example of targeted therapeutic minimization

scientific article published on 29 August 2014

Continuation of a randomized, double-blind, multicenter study of linezolid versus vancomycin in the treatment of patients with nosocomial pneumonia

scientific article published in March 2003

Controversies and advances in the management of ventilator associated pneumonia

scientific article published on 11 September 2017

Correctly scoring infections: CSI in the ICU.

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Corticosteroids for Influenza Pneumonia: Hold Off for Now!

scientific article published on June 2016

Cost and mortality prediction using polymerase chain reaction pathogen detection in sepsis: evidence from three observational trials ⬇️

scientific article published on October 15, 2010

Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of a Silver-Coated Endotracheal Tube to Reduce the Incidence of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

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Culturing bronchial washings obtained during bronchoscopy fails to add diagnostic utility to culturing the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid alone

scientific article published in June 2002

Cycling empirical antimicrobial agents to prevent emergence of antimicrobial-resistant Gram-negative bacteria among intensive care unit patients.

scientific article published in December 2004

Daily bathing with chlorhexidine-based soap and the prevention of Staphylococcus aureus transmission and infection

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Deep vein thrombosis during prolonged mechanical ventilation despite prophylaxis

scientific article published on April 2002

Delaying the empiric treatment of candida bloodstream infection until positive blood culture results are obtained: a potential risk factor for hospital mortality

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Delirium as detected by the CAM-ICU predicts restraint use among mechanically ventilated medical patients

scientific article published on June 2005

Determinants of hospital mortality among patients with sepsis or septic shock receiving appropriate antibiotic treatment

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Determinants of outcome for patients admitted to a long-term ventilator unit

scientific article published in March 2002

Developing a new national approach to surveillance for ventilator-associated events: executive summary

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Developing a new, national approach to surveillance for ventilator-associated events

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Developing a new, national approach to surveillance for ventilator-associated events*.

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Developing a new, national approach to surveillance for ventilator-associated events: executive summary

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Developing a new, national approach to surveillance for ventilator-associated events: executive summary

scientific article published on 24 October 2013

Developing a new, national approach to surveillance for ventilator-associated events: executive summary.

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Development and validation of a clinical prediction rule for candidemia in hospitalized patients with severe sepsis and septic shock

scientific article published on 14 March 2015

Diagnostic Utility of Plasma Procalcitonin for Nosocomial Pneumonia in the Intensive Care Unit Setting ⬇️

scientific article published on January 21, 2011

Diagnostic implications of soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1 in BAL fluid of patients with pulmonary infiltrates in the ICU.

scientific article published on 10 October 2008

Dilution Factor of Quantitative Bacterial Cultures Obtained by Bronchoalveolar Lavage in Patients with Ventilator-Associated Bacterial Pneumonia

scientific article published on 16 October 2017

Early and Adequate Antibiotic Therapy in the Treatment of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock ⬇️

scientific article published on October 1, 2011

Early prediction of septic shock in hospitalized patients

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Early tracheostomy--has its time arrived?

scientific article published in August 2004

Early versus late enteral feeding of mechanically ventilated patients: results of a clinical trial

scientific article published on May 2002

Economic Impact of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in a Large Matched Cohort ⬇️

scientific article published on January 17, 2012

Economic burden of ventilator-associated pneumonia based on total resource utilization

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Economic implications of an evidence-based sepsis protocol: can we improve outcomes and lower costs?

scientific article published in May 2007

Editorial Commentary: Antimicrobial De-escalation: What's in a Name?

scientific article published on 23 December 2015

Effect of Empirical Treatment With Moxifloxacin and Meropenem vs Meropenem on Sepsis-Related Organ Dysfunction in Patients With Severe Sepsis ⬇️

scientific article published on June 13, 2012

Effect of an education program aimed at reducing the occurrence of ventilator-associated pneumonia

scientific article published on November 2002

Effect of kinetic therapy on pulmonary complications.

scientific article published in September 2004

Effects of an antibiotic cycling program on antibiotic prescribing practices in an intensive care unit

scientific article published on August 2004

Elaboration of Consensus Clinical Endpoints to Evaluate Antimicrobial Treatment Efficacy in Future Hospital-acquired/Ventilator-associated Bacterial Pneumonia Clinical Trials

scientific article published on 01 November 2019

Emergency department hyperoxia is associated with increased mortality in mechanically ventilated patients: a cohort study

scientific article published on 18 January 2018

Empiric combination antibiotic therapy is associated with improved outcome against sepsis due to Gram-negative bacteria: a retrospective analysis

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Endotracheal tube intraluminal volume loss among mechanically ventilated patients

scientific article published on January 2004

Endotracheal tube-induced sore throat pain and inflammation is coupled to the release of mitochondrial DNA

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Enhanced antimicrobial de-escalation for pneumonia in mechanically ventilated patients: a cross-over study

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Epidemiology and outcomes of clostridium difficile-associated disease among patients on prolonged acute mechanical ventilation

scientific article published on 22 May 2009

Epidemiology and outcomes of health-care-associated pneumonia: results from a large US database of culture-positive pneumonia

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Epidemiology and outcomes of hospitalizations with complicated skin and skin-structure infections: implications of healthcare-associated infection risk factors

scientific article published on 01 December 2009

Epidemiology, Co-Infections, and Outcomes of Viral Pneumonia in Adults: An Observational Cohort Study

scientific article published on December 2015

Epidemiology, microbiology and outcomes of healthcare-associated and community-acquired bacteremia: a multicenter cohort study

scientific article published on 30 December 2010

Erratum for Drusano et al., "Dilution Factor of Quantitative Bacterial Cultures Obtained by Bronchoalveolar Lavage in Patients with Ventilator-Associated Bacterial Pneumonia".

scientific article published on 27 March 2018

Erratum for Micek et al., "Risk Factors and Outcomes for Ineffective Empiric Treatment of Sepsis Caused by Gram-Negative Pathogens: Stratification by Onset of Infection".

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Evaluating the Value of the Respiratory Therapist: Where Is the Evidence? Focus on the Barnes-Jewish Hospital Experience

scientific article published in December 2017

Executive summary: Developing a new, national approach to surveillance for ventilator-associated events

scientific article published on December 2013

Fluconazole prophylaxis in critically ill surgical patients: a meta-analysis

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Fluid balance and cardiac function in septic shock as predictors of hospital mortality

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Frequent Versus Infrequent Monitoring of Endotracheal Tube Cuff Pressures

scientific article published on 30 January 2018

Global prospective epidemiologic and surveillance study of ventilator-associated pneumonia due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa

scientific article published in October 2014

Gram-negative bacterial resistance: evolving patterns and treatment paradigms

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Growth and geographic variation in hospitalizations with resistant infections, United States, 2000-2005

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Growth in the incidence of hospitalizations with resistant infections in elderly people in the United States: 2000 to 2006.

scientific article published in December 2008

Health care-associated infection (HAI): a critical appraisal of the emerging threat-proceedings of the HAI Summit

scientific article published on October 2008

Health care-associated pneumonia

scientific article published on June 2010

Health care-associated pneumonia (HCAP): a critical appraisal to improve identification, management, and outcomes--proceedings of the HCAP Summit

scientific article published in April 2008

Health care-associated pneumonia (HCAP): empiric antibiotics targeting methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa predict optimal outcome

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Health care-associated pneumonia and community-acquired pneumonia: a single-center experience

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Health care-associated pneumonia: identification and initial management in the ED.

scientific article published on July 2008

Healthcare-associated pneumonia

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Healthcare-associated pneumonia: approach to management

scientific article published on July 12, 2011

Healthcare-associated pneumonia: diagnostic criteria and distinction from community-acquired pneumonia

scientific article published on 26 May 2011

Hospital mortality for patients with bacteremia due to Staphylococcus aureus or Pseudomonas aeruginosa

scientific article published on February 2004

Hospital-wide impact of a standardized order set for the management of bacteremic severe sepsis.

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How to avoid microaspiration? A key element for the prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia in intubated ICU patients

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How to stratify patients at risk for resistant bugs in skin and soft tissue infections?

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ICD-9-CM Coding for Multidrug Resistant Infection Correlates Poorly With Microbiologically Confirmed Multidrug Resistant Infection.

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IMPLEMENTATION OF AN EARLY GOAL-DIRECTED SEPSIS PROTOCOL IN AN ACADEMIC EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT

If antibiotics did not exist

scientific article published on 11 November 2014

Impact of Sepsis Classification and Multidrug-Resistance Status on Outcome Among Patients Treated With Appropriate Therapy

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Impact of antibacterials on subsequent resistance and clinical outcomes in adult patients with viral pneumonia: an opportunity for stewardship

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Impact of previous antibiotic therapy on outcome of Gram-negative severe sepsis

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Implementation of a real-time computerized sepsis alert in nonintensive care unit patients

scientific article published in March 2011

Implementing quality improvements in the intensive care unit: ventilator bundle as an example

scientific article published on January 2009

Importance of Site of Infection and Antibiotic Selection in the Treatment of Carbapenem-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Sepsis

scientific article published on 29 January 2018

Improving family communications at the end of life: implications for length of stay in the intensive care unit and resource use

scientific article published on 01 July 2003

In 2035, will all bacteria be multiresistant? Yes.

scientific article published on 18 April 2016

Inappropriate antibiotic therapy in Gram-negative sepsis increases hospital length of stay* ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 2011

Inappropriate empiric antifungal therapy for candidemia in the ICU and hospital resource utilization: a retrospective cohort study

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Inappropriate therapy for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: resource utilization and cost implications

scientific article published in August 2008

Incidence of Acute Kidney Injury in Critically Ill Patients Receiving Vancomycin with Concomitant Piperacillin-Tazobactam, Cefepime, or Meropenem

scientific article published on 25 April 2019

Increase in Clostridium difficile-related hospitalizations among infants in the United States, 2000-2005.

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Increase in adult Clostridium difficile-related hospitalizations and case-fatality rate, United States, 2000-2005

scientific article published on June 2008

Increasing incidence of sterile-site infections due to non-multidrug-resistant, oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among hospitalized patients

scientific article published on 20 December 2006

Infectious Diseases Consultation Reduces 30-Day and 1-Year All-Cause Mortality for Multidrug-Resistant Organism Infections.

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Institutional perspective on the impact of positive blood cultures on the economic and clinical outcomes of patients with complicated skin and skin structure infections: focus on gram-positive infections

scientific article published on 15 October 2011

International ERS/ESICM/ESCMID/ALAT guidelines for the management of hospital-acquired pneumonia and ventilator-associated pneumonia: Guidelines for the management of hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP)/ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) of the Eur

scientific article published on 10 September 2017

Invasive approaches to the diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia: a meta-analysis

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Is antibiotic cycling the answer to preventing the emergence of bacterial resistance in the intensive care unit?

scientific article published on September 2006

Levofloxacin for treatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia: a subgroup analysis from a randomized trial

scientific article published in February 2005

Limitations of vancomycin in the management of resistant staphylococcal infections

scientific article published on September 2007

Linezolid for treatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia: a cost-effective alternative to vancomycin

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Linezolid versus vancomycin for Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia: pooled analysis of randomized studies

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Linezolid vs vancomycin: analysis of two double-blind studies of patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nosocomial pneumonia

scientific article published in November 2003

Lung-protective ventilation initiated in the emergency department (LOV-ED): a study protocol for a quasi-experimental, before-after trial aimed at reducing pulmonary complications

scientific article published on 11 April 2016

Management of Infections with Drug-Resistant Organisms in Critical Care: An Ongoing Battle

scientific article published on 29 June 2015

Management of Severe Sepsis: Integration of Multiple Pharmacologic Interventions ⬇️

scientific article published on November 1, 2003

Mechanical Ventilation and ARDS in the ED: A Multicenter, Observational, Prospective, Cross-sectional Study

scientific article published in August 2015

Medical resource utilization among patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia: pooled analysis of randomized studies of doripenem versus comparators

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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization is a poor predictor of intensive care unit-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections requiring antibiotic treatment

scientific article published on October 2010

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus prolongs intensive care unit stay in ventilator-associated pneumonia, despite initially appropriate antibiotic therapy

scientific article published in March 2006

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus sterile-site infection: The importance of appropriate initial antimicrobial treatment

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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a new community-acquired pathogen?

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Monocyte Function and Clinical Outcomes in Febrile and Afebrile Patients with Severe Sepsis

scientific article published on 13 December 2017

Morbidity and cost burden of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in early onset ventilator-associated pneumonia

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Mortality Prediction in ICUs Using A Novel Time-Slicing Cox Regression Method

scientific article published on 5 November 2015

Mortality and Length of Stay Trends Following Implementation of a Rapid Response System and Real-Time Automated Clinical Deterioration Alerts

scientific article published on 13 November 2015

Moving towards real-time antimicrobial management of ventilator-associated pneumonia

scientific article published on 3 January 2007

Multi-drug resistance, inappropriate initial antibiotic therapy and mortality in Gram-negative severe sepsis and septic shock: a retrospective cohort study

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New antimicrobial agents for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

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Non-invasive stroke volume measurement and passive leg raising predict volume responsiveness in medical ICU patients: an observational cohort study

scientific article published on 08 July 2009

Nonpharmacological prevention of hospital-acquired pneumonia

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Nursing adherence with evidence-based guidelines for preventing ventilator-associated pneumonia

scientific article published on November 2003

Occurrence and Predictors of Dexmedetomidine Infusion Intolerance and Failure ⬇️

scientific article published on February 1, 2012

Occurrence of co-colonization or co-infection with vancomycin-resistant enterococci and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a medical intensive care unit

scientific article published on February 2004

Open access to infectious disease case-based learning on the Internet

scientific article published in February 2008

Optimizing antibiotic treatment for ventilator-associated pneumonia

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Optimizing therapy for MRSA pneumonia

scientific article published on December 2007

Oral decontamination to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia: is it a sound strategy?

scientific article published in May 2009

Outcome and attributable cost of ventilator-associated pneumonia among intensive care unit patients in a suburban medical center

scientific article published in May 2003

Outcomes associated with bacteremia in the setting of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia: a retrospective cohort study

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Partial pressure of arterial carbon dioxide and survival to hospital discharge among patients requiring acute mechanical ventilation: A cohort study

scientific article published on 26 April 2017

Patient safety event reporting in critical care: a study of three intensive care units

scientific article published on April 2007

Performance of a Modern Glucose Meter in ICU and General Hospital Inpatients: 3 Years of Real-World Paired Meter and Central Laboratory Results

scientific article published on 21 June 2017

Physicians' estimates of cardiac index and intravascular volume based on clinical assessment versus transesophageal Doppler measurements obtained by critical care nurses.

scientific article published in July 2003

Pleuropulmonary complications of Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: importance of treatment with antimicrobials inhibiting exotoxin production

scientific article published in October 2005

Pneumonia Pathogen Characterization Is an Independent Determinant of Hospital Readmission

scientific article published on July 2015

Pneumonia caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

scientific article published on June 2008

Postoperative Pneumonia Prevention in Pulmonary Resections: A Feasibility Pilot Study

scientific article published on 03 October 2018

Practice Patterns and Outcomes Associated With Early Sedation Depth in Mechanically Ventilated Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

scientific article published on 8 December 2017

Predicting bacteremia among patients hospitalized for skin and skin-structure infections: derivation and validation of a risk score

scientific article published in August 2010

Predictors of 30-day mortality and hospital costs in patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia attributed to potentially antibiotic-resistant gram-negative bacteria

scientific article published on August 2008

Predictors of hospital mortality among septic ICU patients with Acinetobacter spp. bacteremia: a cohort study

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Predictors of hospital mortality for patients with severe sepsis treated with Drotrecogin alfa (activated).

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Predictors of in-hospital mortality for bloodstream infections caused by Enterobacter species or Citrobacter freundii

scientific article published in February 2007

Predictors of mortality for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus health-care-associated pneumonia: specific evaluation of vancomycin pharmacokinetic indices

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Predictors of outcome in 216 subjects with ARDS treated with inhaled epoprostenol

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Preface. Infections in the intensive care unit

scientific article published in September 2009

Pressure Ulcer Incidence in Patients Wearing Nasal-Oral Versus Full-Face Noninvasive Ventilation Masks

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Preventing ventilator-associated pneumonia: an evidence-based approach of modifiable risk factors

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Prevention of Nosocomial Pneumonia in the Intensive Care Unit: Beyond the Use of Bundles ⬇️

scientific article published on 07 October 2010

Prevention of Staphylococcus aureus Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: Conventional Antibiotics Won't Cut It.

scientific article published on 4 February 2017

Prevention of VAP: the whole is more than the sum of its parts

article published in 2008

Prevention of hospital infection

scientific article published on 11 January 2005

Prevention of hospital-associated pneumonia and ventilator-associated pneumonia

scientific article published on June 2004

Prevention of pneumonia in the hospital setting

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Prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia: selecting interventions that make a difference

scientific article published in March 2002

Probiotic prophylaxis of ventilator-associated pneumonia: a blinded, randomized, controlled trial

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Probiotics for preventing and treating nosocomial infections: review of current evidence and recommendations

scientific article published on July 2007

Probiotics for preventing ventilator-associated pneumonia

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Probiotics for preventing ventilator-associated pneumonia

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Probiotics in the intensive care unit: why controversies and confusion abound

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Prolonged Infusion Antibiotics for Suspected Gram-Negative Infections in the ICU: A Before-After Study ⬇️

scientific article published on January 22, 2013

Protocol for a multicentre, prospective cohort study of practice patterns and clinical outcomes associated with emergency department sedation for mechanically ventilated patients: the ED-SED Study

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa bloodstream infection: importance of appropriate initial antimicrobial treatment

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa nosocomial pneumonia: impact of pneumonia classification

scientific article published on 20 July 2015

Pulmonary infections complicating ARDS

scientific article published on 11 November 2020

Quinolones for treatment of nosocomial pneumonia: a meta-analysis

scientific article published in February 2005

Randomized Controlled Trial to Determine the Impact of Probiotic Administration on Colonization With Multidrug-Resistant Organisms in Critically Ill Patients

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Rational use of antibiotics in the ICU: balancing stewardship and clinical outcomes

scientific article published in October 2014

Readmission Following Hospitalization for Pneumonia: The Impact of Pneumonia Type and Its Implication for Hospitals ⬇️

scientific article published on May 15, 2013

Readmissions With Multidrug-Resistant Infection in Patients With Prior Multidrug Resistant Infection

scientific article published on 17 December 2017

Real-time automated clinical deterioration alerts predict thirty-day hospital readmission

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Recognition and prevention of nosocomial pneumonia in the intensive care unit and infection control in mechanical ventilation

scientific article published on August 2010

Red blood cell transfusion and ventilator-associated pneumonia: A potential link?

scientific article published in March 2004

Reduced burden of bacterial airway colonization with a novel silver-coated endotracheal tube in a randomized multiple-center feasibility study

scientific article published in November 2006

Reducing the burden of acute respiratory distress syndrome: the case for early intervention and the potential role of the emergency department

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Reply to MacFadden et al.

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Reporting of medical errors: an intensive care unit experience

scientific article published on March 2004

Resistance to empiric antimicrobial treatment predicts outcome in severe sepsis associated with Gram-negative bacteremia

scientific article published in September 2011

Review of recent clinical trials of hospital-acquired pneumonia and ventilator-associated pneumonia: a perspective from academia

scientific article published on August 2010

Risk Factors and Outcomes for Ineffective Empiric Treatment of Sepsis Caused by Gram-Negative Pathogens: Stratification by Onset of Infection

scientific article published on 6 November 2017

Risk Factors for Mixed Complicated Skin and Skin Structure Infections To Help Tailor Appropriate Empiric Therapy ⬇️

scientific article published on December 10, 2012

Risk factors for 30-day readmission among patients with culture-positive severe sepsis and septic shock: A retrospective cohort study

scientific article published on 20 July 2015

Risk factors for acute adverse events during ultrasound-guided central venous cannulation in the emergency department

scientific article published on October 2010

Risk factors for ventilator-associated pneumonia: from epidemiology to patient management

scientific article published on 30 March 2004

SMART approaches for reducing nosocomial infections in the ICU.

scientific article published on August 2008

Secular trends in Acinetobacter baumannii resistance in respiratory and blood stream specimens in the United States, 2003 to 2012: A survey study

scientific article published on 9 September 2015

Selective digestive decontamination should not be routinely employed

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Sepsis-Associated Coagulopathy Severity Predicts Hospital Mortality

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Septic Shock Attributed to Candida Infection: Importance of Empiric Therapy and Source Control ⬇️

scientific article published on March 15, 2012

Severe hospital-acquired pneumonia: a review for clinicians

scientific article published on September 2009

Short- vs long-duration antibiotic regimens for ventilator-associated pneumonia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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