Multifactorial analyses in the diagnosis of pneumonia arising in the surgical intensive care unit

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 179, Issue 2 SUPPL. 1, 2000, Pages 31-35

  Polk Jr , Hiram C ^a   Mizuguchi, Nana N ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; GRAM STAINING; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LUNG LAVAGE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL PATIENT; VENTILATOR;

EID: 0343183089     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(00)00313-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (22)

1. Polk H.C. Jr, Borden S., Aldrete J.A. Prevention of pseudomonas respiratory infection in a surgical intensive care unit. Ann Surg. 177:1973;607-613.
2. Polk H.C. Jr. Quantitative tracheal cultures in surgical patients requiring mechanical ventilatory assistance. Surgery. 78:1975;485-491.
3. Fagon J.Y., Chastre J., Hance A.J., et al. Evaluation of clinical judgement in the identification and treatment of nosocomial pneumonia in ventilated patients. Chest. 103:1993;547-553.
4. Engelhardt D, Fuhr HG, Müller E, et al, eds. Nosokomiale pneumonie. Stuttgart: Georg Thieme Verlag, 1994.
5. Spain D.A., Wilson M.A., Boaz P.W., et al. Haemophilus pneumonia is a common cause of early pulmonary dysfunction following trauma. Arch Surg. 130:1995;1228-1232.
6. Croce M.A., Fabian T.C., Waddle-Smith L., et al. Utility of Gram's stain and efficacy of quantitative cultures for posttraumatic pneumonia a prospective study . Ann Surg. 227:1998;743-751.
7. Richardson J.D., DeCamp M.M., Garrison R.N., Fry D.E. Pulmonary infection complicating intra-abdominal sepsis clinical and experimental observations . Ann Surg. 195:1982;732-738.
8. Martin L.F., Asher E.F., Casey J.M., Fry D.E. Postoperative pneumonia determinants of mortality . Arch Surg. 119:1984;379-383.
9. Naziri W.N., Cheadle W.G., Pietsch J.D., et al. Pneumonia in the surgical intensive care unit immunologic keys to the silent epidemic . Ann Surg. 219:1994;632-642.
10. Malangoni M.A., Crafton R., Mocek F.C. Pneumonia in the surgical intensive care unit factors determining successful outcome . Am J Surg. 167:1994;250-255.
11. Watkins J.A., Spain D.A., Richardson J.D., Polk H.C. Jr. Empyema and restrictive pleural processes following blunt trauma an under-recognized cause of respiratory failure . Am Surg. 66:2000;210-214.
12. Hershman M.J., Polk H.C. Jr, Pietsch J.D., et al. Modulation of Klebsiella pneumoniae infection of mice by interferon-gamma. Clin Exp Immunol. 72:1988;406-409.
13. Naziri W., Appel S., Trachtenberg L., Polk H.C. Jr. Regional and systemic immune responses in a murine model of empyema. Surg Gynecol Obstet. 177:1993;361-365.
14. Garner J.S., Jarvis W.R., Emori T.G., Horan T.C., Hughes J.M. CDC definitions for nosocomial infections, 1988. Am J Infect Control. 16:1988;128-140.
15. Cook D.J., Brun Buisson C., Guyatt G.H., Sibbald W.J. Evaluation of new diagnostic technologies bronchoalveolar lavage and the diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia . Crit Care Med. 22:1994;1314-1322.
16. Polk H.C. Jr, Heinzelmann M., Mercer-Jones M.A., et al. Pneumonia in the surgical patient. Curr Probl Surg. 34:1997;117-208.
17. Croce M.A., Fabian T.C., Patton J.H. Jr, et al. Partial liquid ventilation decreases the inflammatory response in the alveolar environment of trauma patients. J Trauma. 45:1998;273-282.
18. Torres A., El-Ebiary M. Invasive diagnostic techniques for pneumonia protected specimen brush, bronchoalveolar lavage, and lung biopsy methods . Inf Dis Clin NA. 12:1998;701-722.
19. Bregeon F., Papazian L., Visconti A., et al. Relationship of microbiologic criteria to morbidity and mortality in patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia. JAMA. 277:1997;655-662.
20. Cryer H.G., Richardson J.D., Longmire-Cook S., Brown C.M. Oxygen delivery in patients with adult respiratory distress syndrome who undergo surgery. Arch Surg. 124:1989;1378-1385.
21. Polk H.C. Jr, Livingston D.H., Fry D.E., et al. Treatment of pneumonia in mechanically ventilated trauma patients results of a prospective trial . Arch Surg. 132:1997;1086-1092.
22. Luna C.M., Vujacich P., Niederman M.A., et al. Impact of BAL data on the therapy and outcome of ventilator-associated pneumonia. Chest. 11:1997;676-685.