Prevalence, risk factors and mortality for ventilator-associated pneumonia in middle-aged, old and very old critically ill patients

Prevalence, risk factors and mortality for ventilator-associated pneumonia in middle-aged, old and very old critically ill patients. Critical care medicine, March 2014, Vol. 42(3), p.601-09.

Blot, S., et al.

http://journals.lww.com/ccmjournal/Abstract/2014/03000/Prevalence,_Risk_Factors,_and_Mortality_for.13.aspx

We investigated the epidemiology of ventilator-associated pneumonia in elderly ICU patients. More precisely, we assessed prevalence, risk factors, signs and symptoms, causative bacterial pathogens, and associated outcomes.