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

• Autori principali: Maria Sdougka (Autore), Maria Simitsopoulou (Autore), Elena Volakli (Autore), Asimina Violaki (Autore), Vivian Georgopoulou (Autore), Argiro Ftergioti (Autore), Emmanuel Roilides (Autore), Elias Iosifidis (Autore)
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• Pubblicazione: 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 (...