VAP - Ventilator Associated Pneumonia: Difference between revisions
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VAP cannot be coded as a complication on a Medicine ward but can be used as an Admitting diagnosis if patient came from an ICU and requires ongoing treatment for this problem. If resolved in the ICU, don't code as an admitting DX to you ward. | VAP cannot be coded as a complication on a Medicine ward but can be used as an Admitting diagnosis if patient came from an ICU and requires ongoing treatment for this problem. If resolved in the ICU, don't code as an admitting DX to you ward. | ||
==Arrived with community acquired pneumonia and develops VAP== | ===Arrived with community acquired pneumonia and develops VAP=== | ||
If a patient is admitted with a CAP and then develops what looks like a VAP it is only a VAP if it is a different organism than the CAP organism. | If a patient is admitted with a CAP and then develops what looks like a VAP it is only a VAP if it is a different organism than the CAP organism. | ||
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This seems to be confusing with the direction above in this article under Note for clarification of onset of infection.For example can patients who have CAP that hasn't cleared up develop VAP? | |||
==Long term ventilator patients with pneumonia== | ==Long term ventilator patients with pneumonia== | ||