Tracheobronchitis in Chronic Pediatric Patients Requiring Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation

The document provides detailed information about pediatric intensive care patients who require invasive mechanical ventilation and are at risk of developing complications, such as ventilator-associated tracheobronchitis(VAT). It focuses on bacterial respiratory infections, their causes, management and outcomes. It also includes statistical data from a pediatric hospitals’s chronic critical care unit, discussing patient profile, infection types and antibiotic treatment effectiveness.