Ventilator-Associated PneumoniaV entilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), defined as pneumonia (infection of the lung) occurring in a person who has been assisted by mechanical ventilation (a breathing machine) within the past 48 hours, is a serious and lifethreatening infection.Because individuals who contract ventilator-associated pneumonia are already critically ill (requiring mechanical ventilation), the death rate from ventilator-associated pneumonia is high.The April 11, 2007, issue of JAMA includes an article on ventilator-associated pneumonia.
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