Take a Look at the Evidence - VAP

From PubMed

• Active surveillance of ventilator-associated pneumonia in the intensive care unit and establishment of the risk grading system and effect evaluation
• Lessons learned from a rapid implementation of a ventilator-associated pneumonia prevention bundle.
• The incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in a tertiary-care center: Comparison between pre- and post-VAP prevention bundle.

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UpToDate

• Clinical presentation and diagnostic evaluation of ventilator-associated pneumonia
• Treatment of hospital-acquired and ventilator-associated pneumonia in adults
• Risk factors and prevention of hospital-acquired and ventilator-associated pneumonia in adults
• The ventilator circuit

Dynamed

• Ventilator-associated pneumonia

CDC

• Ventilator –associated Pneumonia (VAP)

Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research

• Toolkit To Improve Safety for Mechanically Ventilated Patients

Joanna Briggs Institute

• JBI Evidence Summary: Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: Prevention
• JBI Evidence Summary: Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: Strategies to Improve Compliance with Standards of Care
• JBI Evidence Summary: Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: Oral Care with Chlorhexidine
• JBI Evidence Summary: Prevention of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: Oral Hygiene