Evaluation of Five Host Inflammatory Biomarkers in Early Diagnosis of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Critically Ill Children: A Prospective Single Center Cohort Study

• Principais autores: Maria Sdougka (Autor), Maria Simitsopoulou (Autor), Elena Volakli (Autor), Asimina Violaki (Autor), Vivian Georgopoulou (Autor), Argiro Ftergioti (Autor), Emmanuel Roilides (Autor), Elias Iosifidis (Autor)
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• Publicado em: MDPI AG, 2023-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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<b>Background:</b> Early diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) remains a challenge due to subjective clinical criteria and the low discriminative power of diagnostic tests. We assessed whether rapid molecular diagnostics in combination with Clinically Pulmonary Index Score (...