%0 Generic %A Alecrim, Raimunda Xavier %A Taminato, Mônica %A Belasco, Angélica %A Longo, Maria Cristina Barbosa %A Kusahara, Denise Miyuki %A Fram, Dayana %D 2019 %T Strategies for preventing ventilator-associated pneumonia: an integrative review %U https://scielo.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Strategies_for_preventing_ventilator-associated_pneumonia_an_integrative_review/8031275 %R 10.6084/m9.figshare.8031275.v1 %2 https://scielo.figshare.com/ndownloader/files/14959163 %2 https://scielo.figshare.com/ndownloader/files/14959166 %K Disease Prevention %K Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia %K Patient Care Bundles %K Intensive Care Unit %K Nursing %X

ABSTRACT Objective: to identify studies about strategies for prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia deployed in health services and classify their level of evidence. Method: integrative review of the literature, in 7 databases, which included the following descriptors: Prevention and Control AND Pneumonia Ventilator-Associated AND Intensive Care Units AND Bundle AND Patient Care. Results: twenty-three scientific productions were included. Of the preventive measures identified, 9 (39.1%) correspond from three to five strategies. The most frequent were: 22 (95.6%) lying with head elevated, 19 (82.6%) oral hygiene with chlorhexidine and 14 (60.8%) reduction of sedation whenever possible. Final Consideration: the application of measures based on scientific evidence is proven to be effective when carried out in conjunction, impacting the reduction of the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia.

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