Fig 1.
Flow Chart.
Table 1.
Patient characteristics.
Fig 2.
Occurrence of ventilator-associated pneumonia in patients admitted to the ICU for severe sepsis and/or septic shock related to intra-abdominal infections (IAIs) or to infections at other sites.
Cumulative incidence plot.
Table 2.
Result of the Cox model analysis of the impact of intra-abdominal infection on the subsequent risk of ventilator-associated pneumonia.
Fig 3.
Cumulative incidence plot for death in patients with and without intra-abdominal infections (IAIs).