Table 5. Qualitative analysis of 52 patients flagged with ventilator-associated complications or ventilator-associated pneumonia.

	Etiology of VAC (N = 44)	Etiology of VAP (N = 18)
Any pulmonary complication	26 (59%)	11 (61%)
Pneumonia	10 (23%)	6 (33%)
Pulmonary edema	8 (18%)	4 (22%)
Acute respiratory distress syndrome	7 (16%)	2 (11%)
Atelectasis	5 (11%)	2 (11%)
Mucous Plugging	1 (2%)	0
Abdominal compartment syndrome	1 (2%)	0
Pulmonary embolus	1 (2%)	0
Radiation pneumonitis	1 (2%)	0
Sepsis syndrome	1 (2%)	0
Poor pulmonary toilet	1 (2%)	0

Abbreviations:

VAC – ventilator associated complications; VAP – ventilator associated pneumonia.