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Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Prevention Strategies and Outcomes

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Implementing a simple prevention bundle—head-of-bed elevation, oral chlorhexidine, sedation vacation, and subglottic secretion drainage—can reduce ventilator-associated pneumonia rates by more than half and shorten time on the ventilator.

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A patient is on a ventilator, stable except for a sudden fever and new lung opacities. How do we stop this all-too-common ICU complication before it starts?