Increasing rates of ventilator-associated events: Blame it on COVID-19?

• Main Authors: Aditee Dash (Author), Kaila Cooper (Author), Barry Rittmann (Author), Michael Stevens (Author), Gonzalo Bearman (Author), L. Silvia Munoz-Price (Author), Michelle Doll (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Cambridge University Press, 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Rates of ventilator-associated events (VAEs), including infection-related ventilator-associated complications (IVACs) and probable ventilator-associated pneumonia (PVAPs) have increased nationwide since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. In December 2021, our health system adopted a new...