From: The effect of presenting complaint on the risk of developing ventilator-associated pneumonia for patients intubated in an academic emergency department
Respiratory
Neurologic
Cardiac
Psychiatric
GI
Multisystem / other
Total Patients
59
87
28
57
9
55
% at risk for VAP
9 (15%)
21 (24%)
1 (4%)
6 (11%)
1 (11%)
9 (16%)
% at risk who developed VAP
2 (22%)
2 (10%)
0 (0%)
1 (17%)
3 (33%)