Table 1.

General data of the 76 VAP patients

Variables	Number of patients	Rate (%)
Gender
Male	46	60.5
Female	30	39.5
Basic diseases
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	21	27.6
Severe pneumonia	11	14.5
Sepsis with ARDS	9	11.8
Cerebrovascular accidents	8	10.5
Acute pancreatitis	7	9.2
Trauma	6	7.9
Bronchial asthma	5	6.6
Malignant tumor	5	6.6
Drug poisoning	4	5.3

Abbreviations: ARDS, acute respiratory distress syndrome; VAP, ventilator-associated pneumonia.