Too Passive to Prevent Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
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Too passive to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia.
Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a common complication of patients receiving invasive mechanical ventilation support. VAP continues to be associated with high morbidity, mortality, hospital cost ($10,000 to $25,000) and ICU stay.1 Depending on the definition used, the VAP rate ranges from 1.2 to 8.5 cases per 1,000 ventilators days.2 Prevention of complications and patient safety is cur...
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Ventilator associated pneumonia currently in vogue seems to have some pitfalls as far as the nomenclature is concerned and thus it imparts an erroneous impression to the reader. As the driving force is in fact the ventilator, the phraseology should preferably be changed to ventilator induced pneumonia to convey the in depth meaning of the term thus evading the terminology currently in practice....
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عنوان ژورنال: Respiratory Care
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0020-1324,1943-3654
DOI: 10.4187/respcare.02803