TY - JOUR
T1 - International ERS/ESICM/ESCMID/ALAT guidelines for the management of hospital-acquired pneumonia and ventilator-associated pneumonia
AU - Torres, Antoni
AU - Niederman, Michael S.
AU - Chastre, Jean
AU - Ewig, Santiago
AU - Fernandez-Vandellos, Patricia
AU - Hanberger, Hakan
AU - Kollef, Marin
AU - Bassi, Gianluigi Li
AU - Luna, Carlos M.
AU - Martin-Loeches, Ignacio
AU - Paiva, J. Artur
AU - Read, Robert C.
AU - Rigau, David
AU - Timsit, Jean François
AU - Welte, Tobias
AU - Wunderink, Richard
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© ERS 2017.
PY - 2017/9/1
Y1 - 2017/9/1
N2 - The most recent European guidelines and task force reports on hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) were published almost 10 years ago. Since then, further randomised clinical trials of HAP and VAP have been conducted and new information has become available. Studies of epidemiology, diagnosis, empiric treatment, response to treatment, new antibiotics or new forms of antibiotic administration and disease prevention have changed old paradigms. In addition, important differences between approaches in Europe and the USA have become apparent. The European Respiratory Society launched a project to develop new international guidelines for HAP and VAP. Other European societies, including the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine and the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, were invited to participate and appointed their representatives. The Latin American Thoracic Association was also invited. A total of 15 experts and two methodologists made up the panel. Three experts from the USA were also invited (Michael S. Niederman, Marin Kollef and Richard Wunderink). Applying the GRADE (Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation) methodology, the panel selected seven PICO (population-intervention-comparison-outcome) questions that generated a series of recommendations for HAP/VAP diagnosis, treatment and prevention.
AB - The most recent European guidelines and task force reports on hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) were published almost 10 years ago. Since then, further randomised clinical trials of HAP and VAP have been conducted and new information has become available. Studies of epidemiology, diagnosis, empiric treatment, response to treatment, new antibiotics or new forms of antibiotic administration and disease prevention have changed old paradigms. In addition, important differences between approaches in Europe and the USA have become apparent. The European Respiratory Society launched a project to develop new international guidelines for HAP and VAP. Other European societies, including the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine and the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, were invited to participate and appointed their representatives. The Latin American Thoracic Association was also invited. A total of 15 experts and two methodologists made up the panel. Three experts from the USA were also invited (Michael S. Niederman, Marin Kollef and Richard Wunderink). Applying the GRADE (Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation) methodology, the panel selected seven PICO (population-intervention-comparison-outcome) questions that generated a series of recommendations for HAP/VAP diagnosis, treatment and prevention.
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U2 - 10.1183/13993003.00582-2017
DO - 10.1183/13993003.00582-2017
M3 - Review article
C2 - 28890434
AN - SCOPUS:85030025862
SN - 0903-1936
VL - 50
JO - European Respiratory Journal
JF - European Respiratory Journal
IS - 3
M1 - 00582
ER -