Table 2. Incidence of Ventilator Associated Pneumania and outcome measures:
| Before –2005 Jan- August |
After 20006 Jan - August |
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| Medical N=23 |
Surgical N = 12 |
Medical N=22 |
Surgical N =11 |
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| VAP / No VAP | Y | N | Y | N | Y | N | Y | N |
| Number of patients | 8 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 10 |
| Mean length of stay | 11.8 | 6.6 | 12.7 | 5.6 | 13.0 | 9.6 | 5.0 | 4.8 |
| Mean duration of ventilation | 11.0 | 5.6 | 7.8 | 3.3 | 7.8 | 6.4 | 3.0 | 3.5 |
| Incidence of fresh upper GIT bleed (Coffee ground aspirate) | 7/23 (30.43%) | 1/12 (8.3%) | 1/22 (4.54%) | 0/11 (0%) | ||||
| Incidence of VAP | 34.78% | 33.33% | 22.72% | 9.09% | ||||
VAP: Ventilator Associated Pneumania