After a liver transplant, evidence-based guidelines are implemented to prevent the development of what?
A) VAP
B) ESLD
C) MELD
D) OLT
Ans: A
Feedback: Evidence-based practice guidelines are implemented to prevent the development of VAP in the postoperative liver transplant recipient. ESLD means end-stage liver disease; MELD is model of end-stage liver disease; orthotopic liver transplantation is OLT.
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