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Murine Oropharyngeal Aspiration Model of Ventilator-associated and Hospital-acquired Bacterial Pneumonia
Published on: June 28, 2018
A reappraisal of association between ventilator-associated events and mortality among critically ill patients using
Susumu Nakahashi1, Kei Suzuki2, Takaya Nakashima3,4
1Department of Emergency and Critical Care Center, Mie University Hospital, Mie, Japan. nakahashi@n14w4.jp.
Purpose:
Ventilator-associated events (VAEs), developed by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), are considered a new medical quality indicator associated with poor outcomes. However, previous studies failed to adjust for changes in patient severity, leaving open the possibility that VAEs are just a surrogate for severity. This study aimed to reevaluate the association between VAEs and mortality, adjusting for changes in severity over time.
Methods:
This multicenter observational study was conducted in 18 ICUs in Japan between May 2020 and December 2022. Patients aged ≥ 12 years who received mechanical ventilation for ≥ 3 consecutive days were eligible. VAE was diagnosed according to the CDC definition. The primary outcome was 30-day in-hospital mortality, whose association with VAE was estimated by the inverse probability weighted proportional hazards model, with temporal changes in patient severity treated as time-dependent confounders.
Results:
Among 1,094 subjects, 106 VAEs (9.7%) were identified, giving an incidence rate of 10.0 per 1,000 ventilation days. VAEs were significantly associated with increased 30-day hospital and ICU mortality (HR 2.00; 95% CI 1.23-3.26 and HR 1.92; 95% CI 1.03-3.57), and longer hospital and ICU length of stay (HR 0.72 95% CI 0.54-0.97 and HR 0.47; 95% CI 0.23-0.96). The population attributable risk fraction of VAE-related mortality was 8.8% for in-hospital deaths and 8.2% for ICU deaths.
Conclusions:
VAEs were associated with an increased risk of mortality after adjustment for severity, as a time-dependent confounder.
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