Anaesthesiology and intensive care
<br>Possibilities of modification of risk factors for ventilator-associated pneumonia in cardiac surgery patients

Marta Wróblewska; Agata Stępniak; Zbigniew Burnos; Marta Kania-Pudło; Piotr Leszczyński; Piotr Hendzel

doi:10.5114/kitp.2013.39742

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Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

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Anaesthesiology and intensive care
Possibilities of modification of risk factors for ventilator-associated pneumonia in cardiac surgery patients

Marta Wróblewska

,

Agata Stępniak

,

Zbigniew Burnos

,

Marta Kania-Pudło

,

Piotr Leszczyński

,

Piotr Hendzel

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2013; 10 (4): 389–396

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2013.39742

Online publish date: 2013/12/27

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Wróblewska M, Stępniak A, Burnos Z, Kania-Pudło M, Leszczyński P, Hendzel P. Anaesthesiology and intensive care
Possibilities of modification of risk factors for ventilator-associated pneumonia in cardiac surgery patients. Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2013;10(4):389-396. doi:10.5114/kitp.2013.39742.

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Wróblewska, M., Stępniak, A., Burnos, Z., Kania-Pudło, M., Leszczyński, P.,  & Hendzel, P. (2013). Anaesthesiology and intensive care
Possibilities of modification of risk factors for ventilator-associated pneumonia in cardiac surgery patients. Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 10(4), 389-396. https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2013.39742

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Wróblewska, Marta, Agata Stępniak, Zbigniew Burnos, Marta Kania-Pudło, Piotr Leszczyński,  and Piotr Hendzel. 2013. "Anaesthesiology and intensive care
Possibilities of modification of risk factors for ventilator-associated pneumonia in cardiac surgery patients". Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 10 (4): 389-396. doi:10.5114/kitp.2013.39742.

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Wróblewska, M., Stępniak, A., Burnos, Z., Kania-Pudło, M., Leszczyński, P.,  and Hendzel, P. (2013). Anaesthesiology and intensive care
Possibilities of modification of risk factors for ventilator-associated pneumonia in cardiac surgery patients. Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 10(4), pp.389-396. https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2013.39742

MLA

Wróblewska, Marta et al. "Anaesthesiology and intensive care
Possibilities of modification of risk factors for ventilator-associated pneumonia in cardiac surgery patients." Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, vol. 10, no. 4, 2013, pp. 389-396. doi:10.5114/kitp.2013.39742.

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Wróblewska M, Stępniak A, Burnos Z, Kania-Pudło M, Leszczyński P, Hendzel P. Anaesthesiology and intensive care
Possibilities of modification of risk factors for ventilator-associated pneumonia in cardiac surgery patients. Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2013;10(4):389-396. doi:10.5114/kitp.2013.39742.

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Patients undergoing cardiac surgery require intensive care, the quality of which may significantly reduce the risk of postoperative complications in this patient group. Factors which decrease the risk of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) include care provided to intubated and mechanically ventilated patients, maintenance of a semirecumbent position with elevation of the chest, enteral feeding, prevention of oropharyngeal colonization, and the use of sucralfate instead of H2 receptor antagonists in the prophylaxis of stress ulcers of the stomach. Similarly to other forms of nosocomial infections, the main element of VAP prophylaxis is proper hand hygiene of healthcare workers.

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Anaesthesiology and intensive care Possibilities of modification of risk factors for ventilator-associated pneumonia in cardiac surgery patients

Marta Wróblewska , Agata Stępniak , Zbigniew Burnos , Marta Kania-Pudło , Piotr Leszczyński , Piotr Hendzel

intensive care, cardiac surgery, ventilator-associated pneumonia

Anaesthesiology and intensive care
Possibilities of modification of risk factors for ventilator-associated pneumonia in cardiac surgery patients

Marta Wróblewska

,

Agata Stępniak

,

Zbigniew Burnos

,

Marta Kania-Pudło

,

Piotr Leszczyński

,

Piotr Hendzel