Effect of Acetylcysteine Inhalation on Incidence and Time to Develop Ventilator Associated Pneumonia in Critically Ill Mechanically Ventilated Patients

Exclusion Criteria

• •1. Patients currently on long-term NAC treatment.
• •2. Confirmed brain death.
• •3. Recent chest infection.
• •4. Immunocompromised patients on immunosuppressive medication.
• •5. Patients mechanically ventilated in another hospital.
• •6. Pregnant women.
• •7. Mean arterial pressure (MAP) \<60 mmHg despite adequate resuscitation and vasopressor therapy at the time of randomization.
• •8. Known intolerance or hypersensitivity to study medication.
• •9. Presence of a condition or abnormality that would compromise the quality of the data.
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