Case study Nursing care for patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia caused by drug-resistant bacteria.

Abstract

     Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a common hospital-acquired infection and a major problem in hospitals that treat patients with ventilators. Patients with heart failure and respiratory failure who require ventilators are at risk of VAP. When patients develop VAP, the pathogens found are often multidrug-resistant. Patients must be treated with broad-spectrum or multidrug-resistant antibiotics, which increases the risk of side effects from medication, requires longer hospital stays, higher treatment costs, and increases the risk of death. Effective nursing care for patients receiving ventilators can help prevent VAP and reduce complications, allowing patients to be safe and return to normal quickly. Ventilator-associated pneumonia is a major cause of longer hospital stays, increased costs, longer duration of ventilator use, and a major cause of increased mortality. The care team for patients with ventilators must have knowledge, understanding, and awareness of its importance, and perform nursing care according to the guidelines for preventing ventilator-associated pneumonia correctly and continuously, thus preventing pneumonia and reducing the problems and impacts that may occur.