INTRODUCTION Intensive care unit-acquired pneumonia (ICUAP) is the most common infection acquired by critically ill patients and leads to poor patient outcomes, such as prolonged hospital stays and high associated costs.( , ) ICUAP includes pneumonia acquired during ICU stays of patients under mechanical ventilation (ventilator-associated pneumonia, or VAP), as well as of non-ventilated patients […]
INTRODUCTION Intensive care unit-acquired pneumonia (ICUAP) is the most common infection acquired by critically ill patients and leads to poor patient outcomes, such as prolonged hospital stays and high associated costs.( , ) ICUAP includes pneumonia acquired during ICU stays of patients under mechanical ventilation (ventilator-associated pneumonia, or VAP), as well as of non-ventilated patients […]