Predicting ventilator-associated pneumonia in elderly patients requiring mechanical ventilation through the detection in tracheal aspirates

CONCLUSION: The detection of AM, pepsin, and LLMI in tracheal aspirates has promising clinical utility as an early warning biomarker of VAP in elderly patients undergoing mechanical ventilation.PMID:38032178 | DOI:10.1080/00325481.2023.2288559

Source: Postgraduate Medicine - November 30, 2023 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Dan Wang Peng Zhao Yan-Xin Liu Peng Wang Mei-Liang Gong Ge-Ping Qu Xiang-Qun Fang Ya-Ping Qian Source Type: research