VAP risk factors for MDR pathogens

Among the different risk factors associated with MDR pathogens in patients with VAP, the guidelines include: prior intravenous antibiotic use within 90 days, septic shock at the time of VAP, ARDS preceding VAP, 5 or more days of hospitalization prior to the occurrence of VAP, and acute renal replacement therapy prior to VAP onset. Therefore, in question D, a hospitalization for 2 days prior of VAP occurrence is not considered a risk factor for MDR pathogens.1

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