Table 51-14.

Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Rates^*

				Percentile
Type of ICU	No. of Units	Ventilator-days	Pooled Mean	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Coronary	59	76,145	4.4	0	1.9	4	6.8	9.8
Cardiothoracic	47	98,358	7.2	1.2	2.9	6.3	12.6	15.5
Medical	92	268,518	4.9	0.5	2.1	3.7	6.2	8.9
Major teaching	99	320,916	5.4	1.2	2.6	4.6	7.2	9.9
All others	109	351,705	5.1	1.7	2.9	5.1	6.7	8.9
Neurosurgical	29	45,073	11.2	0	2.4	6.2	13.5	16.8
Pediatric	52	133,995	2.9	0	0.9	2.3	4.8	8.1
Surgical	98	253,900	9.3	2.2	4.7	8.3	12.2	17.9
Trauma	22	63,137	15.2	4.3	8	11.4	16.6	25.3
Burn	14	23,117	12	—	—	—	—	—
Respiratory	6	18,838	4.9	—	—	—	—	—

ICU, intensive care unit.

^*

$$\frac{\text{Number}\hspace{0.17em}\text{of}\hspace{0.17em}\text{ventilator}-\text{associated}\hspace{0.17em}\text{pneumonias}}{\text{Number}\hspace{0.17em}\text{of}\hspace{0.17em}\text{ventilator}-\text{days}}\times 1000$$

From National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System Report, Data Summary from January 1992 through June 2004. Available at: www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/pdf/nnis/2004NNISreport.pdf (Accessed May 10, 2007)

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