#DrKKAnswers: Ventilator-associated tracheobronchitis VAT has the same clinical implications as ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). An observational study of 28 patients with VAT and 83 patients with VAP showed that VAT groups had a similar length of intensive care unit stay, length of hospital stay, duration of mechanical ventilation, survival rate to discharge, need for tracheostomy, and need for antibiotics.
Source: Chest 2011; 139:513.
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