Comprehensive Clinical Practice Guidelines for Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP)

The VAP Guidelines Committee and the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group

Evidence-based comprehensive clinical practice guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of ventilator associated pneumonia were recently published in the Journal of Critical Care Medicine. By using a multidisciplinary approach, each of the three content areas were systematically reviewed and updated to reflect new literature. Recommendations regarding several practices and interventions are made.

Muscedere J, Dodek P, Keenan S, et al.  Comprehensive Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines for Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia:  Prevention. Journal of Critical Care 2008;23(1):126-137.     Abstract     Full text pdf

Muscedere J, Dodek P, Keenan S, et al.  Comprehensive Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines for Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia:  Diagnosis and Treatment.  Journal of Critical Care 2008;23(1): 138-147.     Abstract     Full text pdf

Details on the process, the summaries of evidence and the recommendations