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Ventilator-associated pneumonia--the wrong quality measure for benchmarking.

Klompas M, Platt R.

Ann Intern Med. 2007 Dec 4;147(11):803-5.PMID: 18056666 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Risk of misleading ventilator-associated pneumonia rates with use of standard clinical and microbiological criteria.

Klompas M, Kulldorff M, Platt R.

Clin Infect Dis. 2008 May 1;46(9):1443-6.PMID: 18419450 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Ventilator-associated pneumonia as a quality indicator for patient safety?

Uçkay I, Ahmed QA, Sax H, Pittet D.

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VAP: just how good a benchmark is it really?

Michael K.

Healthcare Benchmarks Qual Improv. 2008 Mar;15(3):32-3.PMID: 18447250 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Increased mortality of ventilated patients with endotracheal Pseudomonas aeruginosa without clinical signs of infection.

Zhuo H, Yang K, Lynch SV, Dotson RH, Glidden DV, Singh G, Webb WR, Elicker BM, Garcia O, Brown R, Sawa Y, Misset B, Wiener-Kronish JP.

Crit Care Med. 2008 Sep;36(9):2495-503.PMID: 18679122 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia: is there a gold standard and a simple approach?

Lisboa T, Rello J.

Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2008 Apr;21(2):174-8. Review.PMID: 18317042 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Diagnosis, management and prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia in the UK.

Hunter J, Annadurai S, Rothwell M.

Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2007 Nov;24(11):971-7. Epub 2007 Aug 17.PMID: 17705888 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Attitudes of respiratory therapists and nurses about measures to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia: a multicenter, cross-sectional survey study.

Kaynar AM, Mathew JJ, Hudlin MM, Gingras DJ, Ritz RH, Jackson MR, Kacmarek RM, Kollef MH.

Respir Care. 2007 Dec;52(12):1687-94.PMID: 18028558 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Randomized trial of combination versus monotherapy for the empiric treatment of suspected ventilator-associated pneumonia.

Heyland DK, Dodek P, Muscedere J, Day A, Cook D; Canadian Critical Care Trials Group.

Crit Care Med. 2008 Mar;36(3):737-44.PMID: 18091545 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Tailoring the Institute for Health Care Improvement 100,000 Lives Campaign to pediatric settings: the example of ventilator-associated pneumonia.

Curley MA, Schwalenstocker E, Deshpande JK, Ganser CC, Bertoch D, Brandon J, Kurtin P.

Pediatr Clin North Am. 2006 Dec;53(6):1231-51. Review.PMID: 17126693 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Evidence-based algorithms for diagnosing and treating ventilator-associated pneumonia.

Wall RJ, Ely EW, Talbot TR, Weinger MB, Williams MV, Reischel J, Burgess LH, Englebright J, Dittus RS, Speroff T, Deshpande JK.

J Hosp Med. 2008 Sep;3(5):409-22. Review.PMID: 18951395 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Hazards of benchmarking complications with the National Trauma Data Bank: numerators in search of denominators.

Kardooni S, Haut ER, Chang DC, Pierce CA, Efron DT, Haider AH, Pronovost PJ, Cornwell EE 3rd.

J Trauma. 2008 Feb;64(2):273-7; discussion 277-9.PMID: 18301186 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Measuring and benchmarking quality in hospitals.

Homa-Lowry J.

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Ventilator-associated pneumonia prevalence: to benchmark or not to benchmark.

Lisboa T, Rello J.

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Development of an algorithm for surveillance of ventilator-associated pneumonia with electronic data and comparison of algorithm results with clinician diagnoses .

Klompas M, Kleinman K, Platt R.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008 Jan;29(1):31-7.PMID: 18171184 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Profound effect of study design factors on ventilator-associated pneumonia incidence of prevention studies: benchmarking the literature experience.

Hurley JC.

J Antimicrob Chemother. 2008 May;61(5):1154-61. Epub 2008 Mar 8.PMID: 18326854 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Strategies to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia in acute care hospitals.

Coffin SE, Klompas M, Classen D, Arias KM, Podgorny K, Anderson DJ, Burstin H, Calfee DP, Dubberke ER, Fraser V, Gerding DN, Griffin FA, Gross P, Kaye KS, Lo E, Marschall J, Mermel LA, Nicolle L, Pegues DA, Perl TM, Saint S, Salgado CD, Weinstein RA, Wise R, Yokoe DS.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008 Oct;29 Suppl 1:S31-40. No abstract available. PMID: 18840087 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia: what nurses can do.

Hsieh HY, Tuite PK.

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Discriminating quality of hospital care in the United States.

Normand SL, Wolf RE, McNeil BJ.

Med Decis Making. 2008 May-Jun;28(3):308-22. Epub 2008 Feb 29.PMID: 18310529 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Correlates of clinical failure in ventilator-associated pneumonia: insights from a large, randomized trial.

Shorr AF, Cook D, Jiang X, Muscedere J, Heyland D; Canadian Critical Care Trials Group.

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