A patient was intubated in the emergency department just after arrival at the hospital from home. This patient develops VAP 36 hours after intubation. What type of pneumonia is this considered?
a. Early-onset VAP
b. Late-onset VAP
c. Health care-associated pneumonia
d. Nonhospital-acquired pneumonia
ANS: D
The development of pneumonia within 48 hours of admission and intubation is a result of an in-fection that was incubating at the time of admission.
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