Application of a Real-Time Dashboard to Reduce Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Intensive Care Units

Mohammad Fathi, Hamid Moghaddasi, Forough Rahimi and Monir Ebrahimi Aghdam
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Mohammad Fathi: Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Hamid Moghaddasi: Department of Health Information Technology and Management, Faculty of Paramedical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Forough Rahimi: Faculty of Paramedical Sciences, Shahid Behshti University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Monir Ebrahimi Aghdam: Faculty of Paramedical Sciences, Shahid Behshti University of Medical Sciences, Iran

International Journal of Pulmonary & Respiratory Sciences, 2017, vol. 1, issue 2, 24-30

Abstract: Introduction and Purpose: Ventilator-associated pneumonia is the second most common nosocomial infection that develops in patients admitted to the intensive care unit. The mortality rate for VAP ranges from 24% to 76% and is even higher than the primary illness. Based on the importance of this issue, many organizations have focused on strategies and guidelines to reduce the occurrence of complications such as ventilator associated pneumonia. Despite these guidelines, due to multi orders with different conditions and time periods, multi caregivers in the intensive care unit and human mistakes, still there are high rates of VAP.

Keywords: uniper publishers:International Journal of Pulmonary; Journal of Pulmonary Sciences; Journal of Pulmonary & Respiratory Sciences; Pulmonary & Respiratory Sciences; pulmonary & respiratory medicine open access journals; pulmonary & respiratory medicine impact factor journals; pulmonary & respiratory medicine peer review journals; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; pulmonary arterial hypertension impact factor journals; pulmonary aspergillosis high impact factor journals (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.19080/IJOPRS.2017.01.555557

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