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Histologic features of 22 patients who developed a ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) and those who did not.
| VAP (13) | No VAP (9) | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Histologic features | |||
| Near-normal lung architecture | 0% | 33.3% | 0.05 |
| Exudative phase | 38.4% | 66.6% | 0.38 |
| Proliferative/organizing phase | 84.6% | 55.5% | 0.17 |
| Fibrosis phase | 76.9% | 0% | <0.001 |
| Acute fibrinous and organizing pneumonia (AFOP) | 69.2% | 22.2% | 0.08 |
Data are expressed as the percentage (%) of patients within each subpopulation.
