From: Does improved oral hygiene alone prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia?
Group | Age (years) | Length of stay (days) | Admission APACHE II score | Total ventilator-days | Number of VAPs | VAPs/1,000 ventilator-days |
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A | 51 (30 to 64) | 7 (4 to 11) | 16 (13 to 18) | 457 | 2 | 4.37 |
B | 56 (29 to 69) | 8 (4 to 13) | 18 (14 to 20) | 1,584 | 12 | 7.57 |