Impact of dexamethasone on the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia in mechanically ventilated COVID-19 patients: a propensity-matched cohort study

Objective To assess the impact of treatment with steroids on the incidence and outcome of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in mechanically ventilated COVID-19 patients. Design Propensity-matched retrospective cohort study from February 24 to December 31, 2020, in 4 dedicated COVID-19 Intensive...

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Published in:	Critical care (London, England) Vol. 26; no. 1; pp. 176 - 5
Main Authors:	Scaravilli, Vittorio, Guzzardella, Amedeo, Madotto, Fabiana, Beltrama, Virginia, Muscatello, Antonio, Bellani, Giacomo, Monti, Gianpaola, Greco, Massimiliano, Pesenti, Antonio, Bandera, Alessandra, Grasselli, Giacomo
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London BioMed Central 13.06.2022 BioMed Central Ltd Springer Nature B.V BMC
Subjects:	Adult Antibiotics Artificial respiration Bacteria Brief Report Cohort analysis Cohort Studies Comorbidity Complications and side effects Confidence intervals Coronaviruses Corticosteroids COVID-19 COVID-19 - epidemiology COVID-19 Drug Treatment Critical care Critical Care Medicine Dexamethasone Dexamethasone - therapeutic use Dosage and administration Drug dosages Drug therapy Emergency Medicine Hospital-acquired infections Humans Immunosuppressive agents Incidence Intensive Intensive care unit Intensive Care Units Intubation Length of stay Medicine Medicine & Public Health Mortality Nosocomial infections Patient outcomes Patients Pneumonia Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated - drug therapy Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated - epidemiology Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated - etiology Respiration, Artificial - adverse effects Respiratory distress syndrome Retrospective Studies Risk assessment Risk factors Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Steroids Ventilator-associated pneumonia Ventilators Italy COVID-19 Critical care Ventilator-associated pneumonia Corticosteroids Hospital-acquired infections Intensive care unit
ISSN:	1364-8535, 1466-609X, 1364-8535, 1466-609X, 1366-609X
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