Ventilator-associated pneumonia among elderly Medicare beneficiaries in long-term care hospitals

Health Care Financing Review

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-10

  Buczko, William ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 74849134786     PISSN: 01958631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Bregeon, F., Ciais, V., Carret, V., et al.: Is Ventilator-associated Pneumonia an Independent Risk Factor for Death?" Anesthesiology 94(4): 551-553, 2001.
2. Chenoweth, C., Washer, L., Obeyesekera, K., et al.: Ventilator-associated Pneumonia in the Home Care Setting. Infection Control in Hospital Epidemiology 28(8):910-915, 2007.
3. Chastre, J. and Fagon, J-Y: Ventilator-associated Pneumonia. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 165:867-903, 2002.
4. Dries, D., McGonigal, M., Malian, M., et al.: Protocol-driven Ventilator Weaning Reduces Use of Mechanical Ventilation, Rate of Early Intubation and Ventilator-associated Pneumonia. Journal of Trauma 56(5):943-951, 2005.
5. Hugonnet, S., Uckay, I., and Pittet, D.: Staffing Level: A Determinant of Late-onset Ventilator-associated Pneumonia. Critical Care 11: R80, 2007.
6. Kollef, M.: The Prevention of Ventilator-associated Pneumonia. The New England Journal of Medicine 340(8) :627-634, 1999.
7. Kollef, M.: What Is Ventilator-associated Pneumonia and Why Is It Important. Respiratory Care 50(6):714-724, 2005.
8. Kollef, M., Silver, P., Murphy, D., et al.: The Effect of Late-onset Ventilator-associated Pneumonia in Determining Patient Mortality. Chest 108(6):1655-1662, 1995.
9. Liu, K., Baseggio, C., Wissoker, D., et al.: Long-term Care Hospitals Under Medicare: Facility Level Characteristics. Health Care Financing Review 23(2):1-18, Winter 2001.
10. Rello,J., Ollendorf, D., Oster, G., et al.: Epidemiology and Outcomes of Ventilator-associated Pneumonia in a Large US Database. Chest 122(6):2115-2121, 2002.
11. Resar, R., Pronovost, P., Haraden, C., et al.: Using a Bundle Approach to Improve Ventilator Care Processes and Reduce Ventilator-associated Pneumonia. Joint Commission Journal of Quality and Patient Safety 31(5):243-248, 2005.
12. Safdar, N., Dezfulian, C., Collard, H., et al.: Clinical and Economic Consequences of Ventilator- associated Pneumonia: A Systematic Review. Critical Care Medicine 33(10):2184-2193, 2005.
13. Scheinhorn, D., Hassenpflug, M., Votto, J., et al.: Post-ICU Mechanical Ventilation at 23 Long-Term Care Hospitals: A Multicenter Outcome Study. Chest 2007(131): 85-93, 2007.
14. Stoller, J., Xu, M., Mascha, E., et al.: Long-term Outcomes for Patients Discharged From a Long-term Hospital-based Weaning Unit. Chest 124(5):1892-1899, 2003.
15. Walkey, A., Reardon, C., Sulis, C., et al.: Epidemiology of Ventilator-associated Pneumonia in a Long-term Acute Care Hospital. Infection Control in Hospital Epidemiology 30(4):319-324, 2009.
16. Wip, C. and Napolitano, L.: Bundles to Prevent Ventilator-associated Pneumonia: How Valuable Are They? Current Opinion in Infectious Disease 22(2):159-166, 2009.