From VAP to VAE: Implications of the new CDC definitions on a burn intensive care unit population
- Lachiewicz, A.M.
- Weber, D.J.
- Van Duin, D.
- Carson, S.S.
- Dibiase, L.M.
- Jones, S.W.
- Rutala, W.A.
- Cairns, B.A.
- Sickbert-Bennett, E.E.
DOIAbstract
Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a frequent complication of severe burn injury. Comparing the current ventilator-associated event-possible VAP definition to the pre-2013 VAP definition, we identified considerably fewer VAP cases in our burn ICU. The new definition does not capture many VAP cases that would have been reported using the pre-2013 definition
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