id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-004532-flo9139j Andrews, Peter Year in review in intensive care medicine, 2004. I. Respiratory failure, infection, and sepsis 2004-12-18 .txt text/plain 9246 474 44 The authors concluded that their findings are important for trial design because of the observed differences in outcome, and proposed the use of standardized ventilator settings for patient enrollment. As indicated by Yu and Singh [46] , "over 300 studies have been published in peer-review journals in the past 8 years dealing with management of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP)." However, no consensus exists to date on the best way for identifying patients with true lung infection, for selecting early appropriate antimicrobial therapy, or for avoiding unnecessary use of antibiotics. [52] designed a study in 108 patients with 171 VAPs to assess the impact on the duration of MV and the use of antibiotic treatment of the results of a diagnostic technique: the percentage of infected cells in liquid obtained with BAL, i.e., the value of direct examination. ./cache/cord-004532-flo9139j.txt ./txt/cord-004532-flo9139j.txt