Publications by authors named "Mahmood Al Awainati"
Background: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is defined as pneumonia that occurs two calendar days following endotracheal intubation or after that. It is the most common infection encountered among intubated patients. VAP incidence showed wide variability between countries.
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- A retrospective study in Bahrain examined the outcomes of CPR on patients aged 80 and older, revealing a very high in-hospital mortality rate of 96.67% after resuscitation attempts.
- The research showed that most patients (57.78%) died immediately after the first attempt, with only 1.11% surviving to one year post-CPR.
- The findings suggest an urgent need for a do-not-resuscitate policy to prevent unnecessary suffering and to better manage critical care resources due to the aging population.