The Internet Book of Critical Care Podcast IBCC Episode 105 - Ventilator Associated Pneumonia
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Dec 1, 2020 AI Snips
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No Gold Standard for VAP Diagnosis
- No gold standard test exists to definitively diagnose ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP).
- This causes challenges with over- and under-treatment based on variable diagnostic criteria.
VAP Often Bronchopneumonia
- VAP typically manifests as bronchopneumonia with more sputum production than community-acquired pneumonia.
- This difference might help with culturing causative organisms in VAP cases.
Ambiguity of Ventilator Tracheobronchitis
- Ventilator-associated tracheobronchitis (VAT) may exist as infection without radiographic infiltrate.
- Evidence to treat VAT is limited; often it may represent colonization rather than true infection.