Abstract:
Nosocomial pneumonia associated with ventilation is
pneumonia that develops no earlier than 48 hours after intubation and the start of ventilation, in
the absence of signs of pulmonary infection at the time of intubation. However, in many cases, the
manifestation of nosocomial pneumonia in surgical patients is possible at an earlier date. The
incidence of hospital-acquired pneumonia reaches 20% of all hospital infections and is observed
more often in patients after surgery on the thoracic or abdominal cavity, in patients who are on
artificial ventilation and in patients with immunodeficiency
