Background Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a common infection in the intensive care unit (ICU ... secretions (CASS), were adopted for patients undergoing mechanical ventilation.

Patients eligible for inclusion in the study included any mechanically ventilated patient on the stroke/medical ICU who had been intubated in the hospital for less than 24 hours and did not have a ...

In March of 2020, Sal Mazzara spent weeks on a ventilator and suffered a cardiac ... City Dr. Sanam Ahmed remembers the sudden deluge of patients. Bradley Blackburn has the story on reminding ...