Impact of Gram stain results on initial treatment selection in patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia: a retrospective analysis of two treatment algorithms

Impact of Gram stain results on initial treatment selection in patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia: a retrospective analysis of two treatment algorithms - Impact of Gram stain results on initial treatment selection in patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia: a retrospective analysis of two treatment algorithms

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000026457

Enrollment

219

Registered

2017-03-08

Start date

2016-06-22

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

ventilator-associated penumonia

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients who were treated for ventilator-associated pneumonia were eligible for this study.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: modified clinical pulmonary infection score (CPIS) less than 5. semi-quantitative growth of a respiratory pathogen using a respiratory sample was estimated to be less than 1+.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The coverage rates of initial antimicrobial therapies.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
The selected rates of anti-pseudomonal agents and anti-MRSA agents	—

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactTakahiro Kinoshita

Osaka General Medical Centre Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care

ogmc.dmat.t.kinoshita@gmail.com06-6692-1201

Outcome results