Pseudomonal VAP - Is Shorter Course Therapy Better Than Longer?

In 2003, there was a big RCT that was done in France. And when they looked at things like rates of mortality, ventilator dependence, organ dysfunction free days, there really were no differences between the two groups. There's also this concern that if you're being treated with a longer course of antibiotics, you actually have a shorter amount of time to recur.