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The study aim was to explore the prognostic role of ADM in the VAP patients. Design: A prospective observational study. Setting: Intensive Care Department of Alexandria University Hospitals. Patients: A total of 140 patients with proven VAP after medical ICU admission were consecutively enrolled. Methods: APACHE II score, SOFA score, CRP, lactate, and serum ADM were measured at day 0 of VAP diagnosis and 5 days later. The results were correlated with the outcomes of patients. Results: APACHE II, lactate, and serum ADM on day 0 could predict an unfavorable outcome. ADM prediction power was significantly higher than APACHE II and lactate. Day 5 readings of all tested parameters could predict occurrence of the unfavorable outcome. ADM on day 0 showed the highest sensitivity (96.25%). Conclusions: Serum adrenomedullin when measured at days 0 and 5 of VAP diagnosis may serve as an early predictor of unfavorable outcome.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/arm90040044","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,8,17]],"date-time":"2022-08-17T22:53:30Z","timestamp":1660776810000},"page":"349-359","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Prognostic Role of Serum Adrenomedullin in Patients with Ventilator Associated Pneumonia"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"90","author":[{"given":"Tamer Abdallah","family":"Helmy","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Critical Care Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria 5424010, Egypt"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Haitham Hamdy","family":"Tammam","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Critical Care Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria 5424010, Egypt"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Michael Ebrahim","family":"Leuis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Critical Care Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria 5424010, Egypt"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8965-143X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Bassem Nashaat","family":"Beshey","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Critical Care Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria 5424010, Egypt"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,8,18]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"American Thoracic Society (2005). 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