TY  - JOUR
T1  - VEntilator-associated pneumonia and septic shock in emergency colorectal procedures in elderly patients—reply
AU  - McGillicuddy EA, Schuster KM, Davis KA, Longo WE
Y1  - 2010/06/01
N1  - 10.1001/archsurg.2010.74
JO  - Archives of Surgery
SP  - 602
EP  - 603
VL  - 145
IS  - 6
N2  - 
We thank Ñamendys-Silva and colleagues for their inquiry regarding ICU length of stay and mechanical ventilation. Overall, 156 patients (53.4%) required postoperative ICU care (median ICU length of stay, 4 days). One hundred fifteen patients (39.3%) were underwent mechanical ventilation postoperatively (median time of mechanical ventilation, 5 days). Twenty-five percent of patients in this study developed pneumonia, and although there was a clear correlation between length of mechanical ventilation and development of pneumonia, in a minority of patients it was difficult to clinically distinguish VAP from an aspiration event.

SN  - 0004-0010
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archsurg.2010.74
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.2010.74
ER  -