Risk Factors and Nursing Countermeasures of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Children in the Intensive Care Unit

Table 3

Univariate analysis of VAP diagnosis and treatment in the pediatric ICU.

Factors of diagnosis, treatment, and medication	VAP group (n = 49)	Non-VAP group (n = 106)	X^2
Methods of nutritional support (cases)			2.7389	0.0979
Parenteral nutrition	35	61
Enteral nutrition	14	45
Intubation method (cases)			1.2000	0.2733
Mouth	25	64
Transnasal	24	42
Duration of mechanical ventilation (cases)			10.9749	0.0009
<7 d	17	67
≥7 d	32	39
Duration of stay in the ICU (cases)			6.9206	0.0085
<48 h	18	63
≥48 h	31	43
Invasive operations (cases)
Yes	38	53	10.4927	0.0012
No	11	53
Application of antibiotics (cases)			0.8126	0.3674
Exclusive use	26	48
Jointly use	23	58
Application of hormone (cases)			22.0874	0.001
Yes	36	35
No	13	71
Application of antibiotics (cases)			20.8232	0.001
Yes	22	86
No	27	20
Atomizing inhalation (cases)			2.8590	0.0909
Yes	19	63
No	30	43