Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia/Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia after Guidelines

The last Infectious Diseases Society of America/American Thoracic Society and European guidelines for the management of hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) were published in 2016 and 2017, respectively. Since then, vast information about several new aspects regarding HAP and VAP has come to light. For this primary reason, there is a need to publish an updated issue in Seminars of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (SRRCCM).