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Santiago Ewig
Researcher at Winthrop-University Hospital
Publications - 9
Citations - 2740
Santiago Ewig is an academic researcher from Winthrop-University Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Pneumonia & Community-acquired pneumonia. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 9 publications receiving 1979 citations.
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Management of Adults With Hospital-acquired and Ventilator-associated Pneumonia: 2016 Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the American Thoracic Society
Andre C. Kalil,Mark L. Metersky,Michael Klompas,John Muscedere,Daniel A. Sweeney,Lucy B. Palmer,Lena M. Napolitano,Naomi P. O'Grady,John G. Bartlett,Jordi Carratalà,Ali A. El Solh,Santiago Ewig,Paul D. Fey,Thomas M. File,Marcos I. Restrepo,Jason A. Roberts,Jason A. Roberts,Grant W. Waterer,Peggy E. Cruse,Shandra L Knight,Jan Brozek +20 more
TL;DR: These guidelines are intended for use by healthcare professionals who care for patients at risk for hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), including specialists in infectious diseases, pulmonary diseases, critical care, and surgeons, anesthesiologists, hospitalists, and any clinicians and healthcare providers caring for hospitalized patients with nosocomial pneumonia.
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Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia Does Not Accurately Identify Potentially Resistant Pathogens: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
TL;DR: The HCAP concept is based on predominantly low-quality evidence and does not accurately identify resistant pathogens and Mortality in HCAP does not appear to be due to a higher frequency of resistant pathogens.
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Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Validation of the Infectious Diseases Society of America/American Thoracic Society Guidelines to Predict an Intensive Care Unit Admission
Adamantia Liapikou,Miquel Ferrer,Eva Polverino,Valentina Balasso,Mariano Esperatti,Raquel Piñer,José Mensa,Nestor Luque,Santiago Ewig,Rosario Menéndez,Michael S. Niederman,Antoni Torres +11 more
TL;DR: The predictive rule to identify severe CAP is accurate for ICU admission and improved the prediction of mortality, compared with the previous American Thoracic Society guidelines.
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Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Staphylococcus aureus
Santiago Ewig,Antoni Torres +1 more
TL;DR: Although still a rarity, community-acquired methicillin-resistant staphylococcal pneumonia should be taken into account in patients at risk for the acquisition of methicillus-resistant strains.