| In fact, this question is not anecdotic, because there may have been a change in the way the VAP was diagnosed and the reduction seen in 2013 onward could be due to this change. |
| What's worse: going outside to smoke, or sitting indoors to vap off? |
| Compliance with the ventilator bundle was tracked daily, and VAP diagnosis was based on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention definition. |
| Atherotech added apoB measurement to its VAP Test in 2007 and has since reported more than 1 million apoB results. |
| The VAP lipid profile shows the pathophysiology of lipids, so a practitioner can make educated and guided lipid management choices. |
| The fundamental problem with the diagnosis of VAP is the lack of an internationally accepted gold standard. |
