Temporal trends in postoperative and ventilator-associated pneumonia in the United States.
Mark L MeterskyYun WangMichael KlompasSheila EckenrodeJasie MathewHarlan M KrumholzPublished in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2022)
During 2009-2019, the rate of postoperative pneumonia decreased statistically and clinically significantly in among patients hospitalized for major surgical procedures in the United States, but rates of ventilator-associated pneumonia among patients hospitalized for major surgical procedures, acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, and pneumonia did not change.