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Timing of appropriate antibiotic therapy relative to VAP diagnosis. The majority of patients (91%) received appropriate antibiotics within 24 hours of the diagnosis of VAP. There was no difference in the percentage of patients with delayed initiation of antibiotic therapy between the patients with bacteremia and those without bacteremia. In this cohort, a delay in appropriate antibiotic treatment was not associated with mortality.
