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Thursday, October 10, 2013

Ventilator Associated Pneumonia


Previous definitions for ventilator-assisted pneumonia (VAP) were subjective and required chest x-ray evidence of pneumonia.  The CDC recently published new guidelines to develop a more objective, reliable approach to VAP surveillance. 

The following are the new guidelines/definitions to identify a VAP

 



 
from Dr. John Cull











 






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