title: Incidence, risk, and prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia in adult cardiac surgical patients: a systematic review.
abstract: Ventilator-associated pneumonia remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in postoperative heart surgery patients. We present a systematic review of the literature on the incidence, risk factors, and prevention of this condition in a population at heightened risk.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiac Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland.
authors.forename: Zachary W
authors.initials: ZW
authors.lastname: Fitch
authors.forename: Glenn J R
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Whitman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D016206:Databases, Bibliographic; D018432:Drug Resistance, Multiple; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008875:Middle Aged; D053717:Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012307:Risk Factors; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents