Interpretation for practice guidelines for prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia in burn patients by american burn association

Jie Luo; Guang-Hua Guo

doi:10.1186/s41038-015-0009-5

Interpretation for practice guidelines for prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia in burn patients by american burn association

Burns Trauma. 2015 Aug 1:3:11. doi: 10.1186/s41038-015-0009-5. eCollection 2015.

Authors

Jie Luo¹, Guang-Hua Guo¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Burns, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330006 Jiangxi China.

Abstract

"American Burn Association Practice Guidelines for Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Burn Patients" was published to provide recommendation for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia in burn patients. This article makes interpretations and conclusions for prevention, diagnosis and treatment from this guideline in the combination of domestic burn patients.

Keywords: Burn; Burn ICU; Inhalation injury; Ventilator-associated pneumonia.

Publication types

Review