Ventilator-associated pneumonia

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    Review Article Hunter’s Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (2012) article went into detail about ventilator associated pneumonia. Hunter defined ventilator associated pneumonia as a nosocomial infection that can be caused by any type of Gram negative bacteria; such as Streptococcus pneumoniae, Staphylococcus aureus, Haemophilus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Acinetobacter. The article explained that patients that are affected by ventilator associated pneumonia are usually on a ventilator and more susceptible to it due to lack of immune system; and inability to cough and swallow (Hunter, 2012, pp.1-3). In other words, patients who are on ventilators are at high risk for contracting the infection due having a weakened immune system due…

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    Explanation of a microbiological algorithm for Hospital-acquired and Ventilator associated pneumonia. This algorithm is intended to deal with the microbiological aspects of hospital-acquired and ventilator-associated pneumonia. The severity of the illness is important in determining when to collect the diagnostic samples and which antimicrobials to administer due to which organisms are present. There are many prognostic scoring systems used to suggest the severity of the disease in patients…

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    The relationship between the use of oral care and the occurrence of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in critical care patients is very intriguing to me. Since I have started nursing school, I have always had an interest in the trauma area of nursing. In my medical-surgical clinical rotation, I had the opportunity to spend the day working alongside a nurse in the emergency room. Emergency and trauma nursing have always been of interest to me, even before I started nursing school. I ended up…

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    Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a type of pneumonia that is acquired by being on a mechanical ventilator. Cutler and Sluman (2013) describe pneumonia as an inflammatory illness within the lungs that is due to some type of infectious agent. That infectious agent could be viral, bacterial, or from an environmental fungal source (Cutler & Sluman, 2013). A mechanical ventilator is a type of hospital device that effectively and efficiently maintains breathing. A ventilator essentially…

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    Description of current deficit and Issue Requiring Change During the observation for the last few years, it has been concluded that the deficit or lack of knowledge on the transmission of ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) on critical ill patients in mechanical intubation is the major cause of the increased VAP infections. Pneumonia is an acute inflammation of the lung tissue which can be bacterial or viral. Ways that pneumonia organisms reach the lungs can be due to aspiration of organisms…

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    during their hospital course. Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is defined as pneumonia that develops 48 hours after a patient has been placed on mechanical ventilation. It is most commonly caused by bacterial infections including fungi and viral epidemics and it is usually found in the sterile lower respiratory tract. Early diagnosis and the appropriate use of antibiotics will help to avoid the emergence of multi-drug resistant organisms. This can be cured with appropriate antibiotic…

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    VENTILLATOR ASSOCITAED PNEUMONIA Hospital is an institution which provides medical and surgical treatment where nurses care patients in order to improve their health condition. Despite that sometimes, patients’ may develop infectious disease while receiving the health care facilities through various invasive procedures. Nosocomial infection is infection which is acquired in hospitals setting to the admitted patient which may come in sight after 48hours of admission or within 30days of…

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    aureus), Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-baumannii complex, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, klebsiella pneumonia , Escherichia coli ( E.coli), Enterococcus, Burkholderia, Enterobacter, Proteus, coagulase negative staphylococci ( S.epidermidis, S. saprophytic). Although most of gram–ve bacilli can’t remain in dry surfaces and sensitive to common disinfectant, Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-baumannii complex, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella pneumonia considered as the most common bacterial pathogens of…

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    The pathophysiological mechanisms involved with ventilator-associated pneumonia or VAP is correlated with bacteria flowing through the endotracheal tube, allowing a direct route to enter a person’s lungs. Studies suggest the principle risk-factor for the development VAP relies on the utilization of the endotracheal tube or ETT (Mietto MD et.al, 2013). Usually after 12 hours of intubation, bacteria that is specifically act as contaminated oropharyngeal secretions may often accumulate through the…

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    Lung diseases are very prevalent in the United States. According to a study, COPD is diagnosed in almost 24 million individuals in the US and is among the top 4 reasons of death in the country (Rubin, Dhand, Ruppel, Branson, & Hess, 2011). Other prevalent lung illnesses in the United States are asthma, pneumonia, and ARDS, which all correlate with the concept of gas exchange. In each phase in the continuum of healthcare, nurses will be faced with a patient who is diagnosed with a respiratory…

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