OBJECTIVE. To compare ventilator‐associated pneumonia (VAP) rates and patterns of isolates across studies of antibiotic and non‐antibiotic methods for preventing VAP. DESIGN. With the use of 42 cohort ...

Aspiration of oropharyngeal and subglottic secretions is a major contributor to the pathogenesis of VAP. ETTs with subglottic secretion drainage (SSD) are specially designed tubes with a separate ...

This article provides a detailed overview of current management and prevention strategies for VAP due to MDR bacteria. Over the past decade, there has been a dramatic increase in the incidence of VAP ...

Although The Joint Commission's National Patient Safety Goals force many organizations to focus primarily on MRSA, central line-associated bloodstream infections, and surgical site infections, ...