Clinical and economic consequences of : Critical Care Medicine Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP) EMCrit Project Abstract, Background and Aims: , Ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality among patients in the Intensive Care Units (ICUs) and results in added healthcare Pneumonia (Ventilator associated [VAP] and non ventilator associated Pneumonia [PNEU]) Event