Abstract
Objective: To characterize the consequences and mortality of patients who has Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated (VAP) in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a public hospital in a county town in Rondônia. Methods: Cross-sectional study, documentary with a quantitative descriptive approach using data from the year 2018 collected from a Hospital Infection Control Commission and the Hospital Medical Archive Service, through the medical records. The sample was made of patients from both sexes aged over 18 years who developed VAP during the period. Results: Twenty confirmed cases of VAP were identified, male prevalence was observed, predominance of theage group below 60 years, the mortality rate by VAP was 5%. The average permanence of patients after the diagnosis of VAP was 15.65 days. Most cases of VAP were diagnosed with clinical profile and the microorganism found in the most prevalent isolated sample was Klebsiella pneumoniae. Conclusion: VAP results in prolonged length of stay, resistance to antimicrobials and other diseases, making hospital infection a problem for the patient and the institution.