Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Effect of ventilator-associated tracheobronchitis on outcome in patients without chronic respiratory failure: a case–control study. | Available online http content 9 3 R238 Research Effect of ventilator-associated tracheobronchitis on outcome in patients without chronic respiratory failure a case-control study Saad Nseir1 Christophe Di Pompeo2 Stéphane Soubrier1 Hélène Lenci3 Pierre Delour3 Thierry Onimus1 Fabienne Saulnier1 Daniel Mathieu3 and Alain Durocher1 intensive Care Unit Calmette Hospital Regional University Centre and Medical Assessment Laboratory EA 3614 Lille II University Lille France 2Medical Assessment Laboratory EA 3614 Lille II University Lille France intensive Care Unit Calmette Hospital Regional University Centre Lille France Corresponding author Saad Nseir s-nseir@ Received 26 Oct 2004 Revisions requested 9 Feb 2005 Revisions received 16 Feb 2005 Accepted 24 Feb 2005 Published 31 Mar 2005 Critical Care 2005 9 R238-R245 DOI 86 cc3508 This article is online at http content 9 3 R238 2005 Nseir et al. licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Open Access Abstract Introduction Our objective was to determine the effect of ventilator-associated tracheobronchitis VAT on outcome in patients without chronic respiratory failure. Methods This was a retrospective observational matched study conducted in a 30-bed intensive care unit ICU . All immunocompetent nontrauma ventilated patients without chronic respiratory failure admitted over a period were included. Data were collected prospectively. Patients with nosocomial pneumonia either before or after VAT were excluded. Only first episodes of VAT occurring more than 48 hours after initiation of mechanical ventilation were studied. Six criteria were used to match cases with controls including duration of mechanical ventilation before VAT. .
