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  • Infectious Disease Epidemiology
  • Health Services Research

Background:

  • Ventilator-associated events (VAE) are complications identified by CDC surveillance algorithms during invasive mechanical ventilation.
  • The relationship between the indication for intubation and VAE risk is not well understood.
  • Current VAE surveillance focuses on identifying events, but the influence of initial intubation reason requires further investigation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the association between the primary reason for intubation and the risk of developing VAE.
  • To test the hypothesis that pulmonary indications for intubation increase VAE risk compared to nonpulmonary indications.

Main Methods:

  • A single-center retrospective study of medical intensive care unit (MICU) patients requiring mechanical ventilation for ≥4 days.
  • Patients were categorized into primary pulmonary or nonpulmonary intubation groups.
  • Multivariate logistic regression and Cox proportional hazard models were used to analyze VAE risk and time-to-event, adjusting for illness severity (MPM0-III).

Main Results:

  • The study included 250 patients: 98 (39.2%) with pulmonary and 152 (60.8%) with nonpulmonary intubation reasons.
  • No significant difference in crude or adjusted VAE rates was observed between the pulmonary and nonpulmonary groups (aOR: 0.78, 95% CI: 0.34-1.78).
  • Reason for intubation did not affect time to VAE, hospital mortality, or ICU length of stay.

Conclusions:

  • The findings do not support an association between the reason for intubation and the risk of VAE.
  • This suggests the VAE surveillance algorithm's validity is maintained, and focus should shift to modifiable factors during ventilation to mitigate VAE risk.