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. 2017 Jul;38(7):867-869.
doi: 10.1017/ice.2017.63. Epub 2017 Apr 17.

From VAP to VAE: Implications of the New CDC Definitions on a Burn Intensive Care Unit Population

Anne M Lachiewicz  1 , David J Weber  1 , David van Duin  1 , Shannon S Carson  2 , Lauren M DiBiase  3 , Samuel W Jones  4 , William A Rutala  3 , Bruce A Cairns  4 , Emily E Sickbert-Bennett  1
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From VAP to VAE: Implications of the New CDC Definitions on a Burn Intensive Care Unit Population

Anne M Lachiewicz et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2017 Jul.

Abstract

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. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2017;38:867-869.

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Conflict of interest statement

Potential conflicts of interest: A.M.L. has received honoria from Destum Partners and KPB Biosciences and research funding from GlaxoSmithKline. D.v.D. has served on the advisory boards of Actavis, Allergan, Achaogen, Shionogi, Tetraphase, Sanofi-Pasteur, Astellas, and Medimmune and has received research funding from Steris and Scynexis. D.J.W. is on the advisory boards of Pfizer and Merck. All other authors have reported no conflicts of interest relevant to this article.

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