Ventilator-associated pneumonia and ICU mortality in severe ARDS patients ventilated according to a lung-protective strategy

Table 7 Main studies related to the epidemiology of VAP in ARDS patients

	Patients, number	Multicenter	Standardized MV	VAP incidence, %	ICU mortality, %	ICU mortality VAP (%)/no VAP, (%)
Sutherland et al. (8)	105	No	No	15	44	37.5/45
Delclaux et al. (6)	30	No	No	60	83	78/92
Chastre et al. (5)	56	No	No	55	61	52/72
Maduri et al. (9)	94	No	No	43	-	-
Markowicz et al. (7)	134	Yes	No	23	58	57/59
VAP-ACURASYS	339	Yes	Yes	29	34	42/31^a

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