Publicaties
Treatment of Ventilator-associated Pneumonia with High-dose Colistin Under Continuous Veno-venous Hemofiltration Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Background and Objectives: High-dose colistin (COL) ensures adequate treatment of pneumonia caused by multidrug resistant gram-negative bacteria (MDR-GNB) but must be weighed against a higher risk of nephrotoxicity. Continuous veno-venous hemofiltration (CVVH) clears COL by filtering and membrane adsorption that permits to avoid dose accumulation and excessively high peak concentrations. We evaluated clinical/microbiological efficacy of the ...
How to avoid microaspiration? A key element for the prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia in intubated ICU patients Vrije Universiteit Brussel Universiteit Gent KU Leuven
Ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia in coronavirus 2019 disease, a retrospective monocentric cohort study Vrije Universiteit Brussel
INTRODUCTION: Severe coronavirus 2019 disease (CoViD-19) may lead to respiratory failure and mechanical ventilation. Therefore, ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) may complicate the course of the disease. The aim of the current article was to investigate possible predictive factors for bacterial VAP on a retrospective manner, in a cohort of mechanically ventilated CoViD-19 patients. Additionally, determinant factors of lethality were ...