Severe Copd Is Intubated in Medicine / Internal Medicine — 68yo Man | Respiratory / Pulmonology | SMLE Q#18372
SMLE Question #18372
Medicine / Internal Medicine
Respiratory / Pulmonology
Objective: OBJ-RESP-VAP-001
Last updated: February 2026
A 68-year-old man with severe COPD is intubated for acute hypercapnic respiratory failure and is receiving mechanical ventilation in the ICU. The team is implementing a ventilator care bundle to reduce ventilator-associated pneumonia risk. Which intervention is most appropriate to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia in mechanically ventilated patients?
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