[Diagnosis and treatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia in children].

The purpose of the investigation was to optimize the diagnosis and treatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in children. The prevalence, etiology, and onset of VAP in a pediatric intensive care unit, and the diagnostic value the clinical pulmonary infection score scale were studied. The prevalence of VAP was found to be 37.

[Choice of the optimal scale for evaluation of the severity of sepsis in children].

Quantitative assessment of the severity of clinical status was carried out and prognostic values of PRISM III, PRISM, SOFA, APACHE II scores and scores proposed by A. Castellanos et al. and K.