Causes And Prevalence Of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP) refers to pneumonia that a patient develops after being subjected to mechanical ventilation through intubation. Ventilator-acquired pneumonia is associated with the increased cost of treatment, high mortality rates, poor patient outcomes, and an extended stay in the hospital. About 27% of critically sick patients have pneumonia, making it the…
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