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| TGH - VAP Rates - April to June 2010 |
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Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is defined as a pneumonia that is due to mechanical, or artificial, ventilation (breathing) of patients in the intensive care unit. VAP is a medical condition that results from infection, which floods the small, air-filled sacs (alveoli) in the lung responsible for absorbing oxygen from the atmosphere. In order for a patient to have VAP he/she must be on a ventilator machine.
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