A national survey of PICU clinician practices and perceptions about respiratory cultures for invasively ventilated patients

• Autors principals: Anna Sick-Samuels (Autor), Danielle Koontz (Autor), Anping Xie (Autor), Daniel Kell (Autor), Charlotte Woods-Hill (Autor), Anushree Aneja (Autor), Shaoming Xiao (Autor), Elizabeth Colantuoni (Autor), Jill Marsteller (Autor), Aaron Milstone (Autor)
• Format: Llibre
• Publicat: Cambridge University Press, 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Matèries: article
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Background: Respiratory cultures are commonly obtained from patients with suspicion for ventilator-associated infections (VAIs). In the absence of specimen ordering and collection guidelines, management practices may differ. We characterized current respiratory culture collection practices and perce...