title: Risk factors for ventilator-associated pneumonia in surgical intensive-care-unit patients.
abstract: Patients admitted during the study period to the Sharp Memorial Hospital intensive-care units who required mechanical ventilation were followed prospectively; 15 (10.4%) of 145 acquired ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). Duration of prior oral or nasal intubation and H2 receptor antagonists use were longer among patients who developed VAP than among those who did not. Prior cefazolin use was associated with a higher rate of VAP (11 of 63 [17%] versus 4 of 82 [5%], P = .01).
authors.affiliation: Hospital Infections Program MS E-69, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Beck-Sague
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Sinkowitz
authors.forename: R Y
authors.initials: RY
authors.lastname: Chinn
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vargo
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kaler
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Jarvis
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002140:California / Q000453:epidemiology; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D016015:Logistic Models; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012122:Ventilators, Mechanical / Q000009:adverse effects*