Risk factors for developing ventilator-associated lower respiratory tract infection in patients with severe COVID-19: a multinational, multicentre study, prospective, observational study

Abstract Around one-third of patients diagnosed with COVID-19 develop a severe illness that requires admission to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). In clinical practice, clinicians have learned that patients admitted to the ICU due to severe COVID-19 frequently develop ventilator-associated lower respi...

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Main Authors: Luis Felipe Reyes, Alejandro Rodriguez, Yuli V. Fuentes, Sara Duque, Esteban García-Gallo, Alirio Bastidas, Cristian C. Serrano-Mayorga, Elsa D. Ibáñez-Prada, Gerard Moreno, Paula C. Ramirez-Valbuena, Gustavo Ospina-Tascon, Glenn Hernandez, Edwin Silva, Ana Maria Díaz, Manuel Jibaja, Magdalena Vera-Alarcon, Emili Díaz, María Bodí, Jordi Solé-Violán, Ricard Ferrer, Antonio Albaya-Moreno, Lorenzo Socias, William Figueroa, Jose L. Lozano-Villanueva, Fabio Varón-Vega, Ángel Estella, Ana Loza-Vazquez, Ruth Jorge-García, Isabel Sancho, Manu Shankar-Hari, Ignacio Martin-Loeches, LIVEN-Covid-19, SEMICYUC Study Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-04-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-32265-5