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From starting mechanical ventilation to ventilator-associated pneumonia, choosing
the right moment to start antibiotic treatment
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Ramirez P
; Lopez-Ferraz C
; Gordon M
; Gimeno A
; Villarreal E
; Ruiz J
; Menendez R
; Torres A
Crit Care
2016[Jun]; 20
(1
): 169
PMID27256282
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BACKGROUND: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) can have a clear onset or may
be a result of the gradual appearance of symptoms and signs of VAP (gradual VAP).
The aim of this paper is to describe the VAP development process with the
intention of discriminating between those pneumonias with a clear beginning and
those that are diagnosed after a period of maturation. In addition, we evaluate
the effect of the starting time of antibiotic treatment in both situations.
METHODS: Consecutive ventilated patients fulfilling VAP criteria were included.
The patients were monitored for clinical, microbiological, and inflammatory
signs. Patients with VAP were classified into two groups: (1) nongradual VAP
(patients in whom all VAP criteria were detected for the first time on the day of
diagnosis) and (2) gradual VAP (progressive appearance of signs and symptoms
throughout the pre-VAP period [<96 h to >24 h before VAP diagnosis]). RESULTS: A
total of 71 patients with VAP were identified, of whom 43 (61 %) had gradual VAP,
most of whom (n = 38, 88 %) had late-onset VAP. Antibiotic treatment was given to
34 (79 %) patients with gradual VAP in the pre-VAP period, and empirical
antibiotic treatment was appropriate in 22 patients (51 %). The patients with an
appropriate empirical treatment had a higher percentage of early clinical
response to treatment (68 % [n = 15] vs. 28 % [n = 7]; p = 0.009). An attempt was
made to find a diagnostic test capable of identifying the infectious process
underway, but clinical scales and biomarkers of inflammation helped us to achieve
acceptable results. CONCLUSIONS: Gradual emergence of VAP, mainly of late onset,
is a common condition. Clinicians should be aware of this gradual onset of the
infection to establish an early antibiotic treatment, even before the classic
diagnostic criteria for VAP are applied.
|*Time Factors
[MESH]
|Aged
[MESH]
|Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology/*therapeutic use
[MESH]