Assessing the impact of a multidimensional approach and an 8-component bundle in reducing incidences of ventilator-associated pneumonia across 35 countries in Latin America, Asia, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe

• Main Authors: Rosenthal, Victor Daniel, Jin, Zhilin, Yin, Ruijie, Sahu, Suneeta, Rajhans, Prasad, Kharbanda, Mohit, Nair, Pravin K., Mishra, Shakti Bedanta, Chawla, Rajesh, Arjun, Rajalakshmi, Sandhu, Kavita, Rodrigues, Camilla, Dongol, Reshma, Myatra, Sheila Nainan, Mohd-Basri, Mat Nor, Chian-Wern, Tai, Bhakta, Arpita, Bat-Erdene, Ider, Acharya, Subhash P., Alvarez, Gustavo Andres, Moreno, Lina Alejandra Aguilar, Gomez, Katherine, da Jimenez-Alvarez, Luisa Fernanda, Henao-Rodas, Claudia Milena, Valderrama-Beltran, Sandra Liliana, Zuniga-Chavarria, Maria Adelia, Aguirre-Avalos, Guadalupe, Hernandez-Chena, Blanca Estela, Sassoe-Gonzalez, Alejandro, Aleman-Bocanegra, Mary Cruz, Villegas-Mota, Maria Isabel, De Moros, Daisy Aguilar, Castaneda-Sabogal, Alex, Carreazo, Nilton Yhuri, Alkhawaja, Safaa, Agha, Hala Mounir, El-Kholy, Amani, Abdellatif-Daboor, Mohammad, Dursun, Oguz, Okulu, Emel, Havan, Merve, Yildizdas, Dincer, Deniz, Suna Secil Ozturk, Guclu, Ertugrul, Hlinkova, Sona, Ikram, Aamer, Tao, Lili, Omar, Abeer Aly, Elahi, Naheed, Memish, Ziad A., Petrov, Michael M., Raka, Lul, Janc, Jaroslaw, Horhat-Florin, George, Medeiros, Eduardo Alexandrino, Salgado, Estuardo, Duenas, Lourdes, Coloma, Monica, Perez, Valentina, Brown, Eric Christopher
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2024
• Subjects: R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/45941/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrc.2023.154500
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Background: Ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) occurring in the intensive care unit (ICU) are common, costly, and potentially lethal. Methods: We implemented a multidimensional approach and an 8-component bundle in 374 ICUs across 35 low and middle-income countries (LMICs) from Latin-America, Asi...