MEDAVERA

VAP is a sub-type of hospital-acquired pneumonia, which occurs in people receiving mechanical ventilations. VAP is difficult to diagnose and surveillance is curtailed by the subjectivity of many components of the surveillance definition... This self-study course will provide current information on ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), its epidemiology, guidelines and recommendations for treatment, and how bedside analyte testing may assist with therapeutic decision making and improve the prognosis for patients with VAP.

Also known as: Medavera, Inc., VAP