Risk Factors of Pneumonia Associated with Mechanical Ventilation.

The hospitalization of patients treated in the intensive care unit (ICU) in 5%-15% of cases is associated with the occurrence of a complication in the form of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). Retrospective assessment of risk factors of VAP in patients treated at ICUs in the University Hospital in Krakow. The research involved the medical documentation of 1872 patients treated at the ICU of the University Hospital in Krakow between 2014 and 2017.