Abstract

PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE

Priyanka Pandhare*

Abstract

Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), the second most common hospital acquired infection in pediatric intensive care units, is linked to increased morbidity, mortality, and lengths of stay in the hospital land intensive care unit, adding tremendously to health care costs. VAP is defined as a hospital acquired pneumonia that develops in patients who have been treated with mechanical ventilation for 48 hours or longer who had no signs or symptoms of lower respiratory infection before they were intubated and treatment with mechanical ventilation began.[1]

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