TY - JOUR AU - Craven, Donald E. AU - Hudcova, Jana AU - Lei, Yuxiu PY - 2014 DA - 2014/11/19 TI - Ventilator-associated tracheobronchitis: pre-emptive, appropriate antibiotic therapy recommended JO - Critical Care SP - 627 VL - 18 IS - 6 AB - Nseir and colleagues presented data from a large multicenter study of patients with ventilator-associated tracheobronchitis (VAT), demonstrating that appropriate antibiotic therapy for VAT was an independent predictor for reducing transition to pneumonia (ventilator-associated pneumonia, or VAP). These data added to the growing evidence supporting the use of appropriate antibiotic therapy for VAT as a standard of care to prevent VAP and improve patient outcomes. SN - 1364-8535 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-014-0627-5 DO - 10.1186/s13054-014-0627-5 ID - Craven2014 ER -