Ventilator-Associated Events: New Challenges To Well-Known Complications

Ruben Dario Restrepo, MD, RRT, FAARC FCCP discusses diagnostic criteria for VAE, its impact on patient outcomes, and current evidence-based recommendations to manage VAE.

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Ruben Dario Restrepo, MD, RRT, FAARC, FCCP

COORDINATOR OF RESEARCH - DIVISION OF RESPIRATORY CARE, UT HEALTH SAN ANTONIO

Ruben D. Restrepo, MD, RRT, FAARC, FCCP is a professor and coordinator of research for the Division of Respiratory Care at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio. In 2007 Dr. Restrepo was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for Respiratory Care and in 2017 as Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians. He is a member of the editorial board for Respiratory Care, the Open Journal of Allergy, and the World Journal of Critical Care Medicine.

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