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01-12-2014 | Commentary
Ventilator-associated tracheobronchitis: pre-emptive, appropriate antibiotic therapy recommended
Authors:
Donald E Craven, Jana Hudcova, Yuxiu Lei
Published in:
Critical Care
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Issue 6/2014
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Abstract
Nseir and colleagues presented data from a large multicenter study of patients with ventilator-associated tracheobronchitis (VAT), demonstrating that appropriate antibiotic therapy for VAT was an independent predictor for reducing transition to pneumonia (ventilator-associated pneumonia, or VAP). These data added to the growing evidence supporting the use of appropriate antibiotic therapy for VAT as a standard of care to prevent VAP and improve patient outcomes.