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JAMA has a nice article on the criteria/principles for diagnosis [1]. JFW | T@lk 20:38, 15 April 2007 (UTC) For editors: please give feedback about anything else you think should be included in the lead, or changes to the current version. Also would appreciate comments on the following areas: dx and risk factors, both sections I have been expanding and adding sources for. Any thoughts on the epidemiology and prevention sections would be welcome as well! Ktteli ( talk) 16:13, 13 November 2014 (UTC)
Suggestions for future improvements:
Suggestions for future improvements:
A working version with simplified language might look something like this:
Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a type of
lung infection that occurs in people who are on
breathing machines in hospitals. As such, VAP typically affects critically ill persons that are in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).[1] VAP is a major source of increased illness, and death. Persons with VAP have increased the lengths of ICU hospitalization and have up to a 20-30% death rate.[2] The diagnoses of VAP varies among hospitals and providers but usually requires a new
area of infection in the lungs on chest x-ray plus two or more other factors. These factors include fever of >38.3 °C, a white blood cell count of >12 × 109/ml, purulent secretions from the airways in the lung, and/or reduction in gas exchange.[1][3]--
Plm234 (
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17:46, 15 November 2014 (UTC)
I like that Ktteli added this section. A very important topic and a great start. I would suggest the following area for future improvement:
doi:10.1093/cid/ciu740 - selective decontamination reduces mortality, but nothing much else does. JFW | T@lk 15:38, 19 May 2015 (UTC)
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JAMA has a nice article on the criteria/principles for diagnosis [1]. JFW | T@lk 20:38, 15 April 2007 (UTC) For editors: please give feedback about anything else you think should be included in the lead, or changes to the current version. Also would appreciate comments on the following areas: dx and risk factors, both sections I have been expanding and adding sources for. Any thoughts on the epidemiology and prevention sections would be welcome as well! Ktteli ( talk) 16:13, 13 November 2014 (UTC)
Suggestions for future improvements:
Suggestions for future improvements:
A working version with simplified language might look something like this:
Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a type of
lung infection that occurs in people who are on
breathing machines in hospitals. As such, VAP typically affects critically ill persons that are in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).[1] VAP is a major source of increased illness, and death. Persons with VAP have increased the lengths of ICU hospitalization and have up to a 20-30% death rate.[2] The diagnoses of VAP varies among hospitals and providers but usually requires a new
area of infection in the lungs on chest x-ray plus two or more other factors. These factors include fever of >38.3 °C, a white blood cell count of >12 × 109/ml, purulent secretions from the airways in the lung, and/or reduction in gas exchange.[1][3]--
Plm234 (
talk)
17:46, 15 November 2014 (UTC)
I like that Ktteli added this section. A very important topic and a great start. I would suggest the following area for future improvement:
doi:10.1093/cid/ciu740 - selective decontamination reduces mortality, but nothing much else does. JFW | T@lk 15:38, 19 May 2015 (UTC)