Pneumonia associated with mechanical ventilation [NAVM (NAV)] is included in infections associated with healthcare (IAAS) or also called "nosocomial or hospital" infections. It is common in critically ill patients and is responsible for about half of all antibiotics given to patients in ICUs. The average time taken to develop the VAP since the beginning of the MV is about 5 to 7 days, with a referred mortality rate between 24% and 76%. The objective of this research of bibliographic design and, framed in a review, is to develop the most outstanding aspects related to NAVM, these being understood as: definitions of basic terminology, pathophysiology, risk factors, treatment and prevention. The results obtained are enough to satisfy the aforementioned goal, since the available scientific and academic literature is sufficiently extensive and diverse, as well as in force. In the conclusions, among other aspects, it is highlighted that tracheostomy with inflated cuff (or endotracheal tube) is considered one of the most prominent risk factors in the evolution of this pathology; nevertheless, other studies allude to other important factors, such as: the duration of the MV, prolonged intubation or reintubation.Previous exposure to antibiotics, chronic lung disease, bronchoaspiration. On the other hand, the proportionally direct relationship between the extension of the time of MV and the risk of infection is also highlighted, which is generally derived based on the people who were intuited to be assisted with MV in a period greater than 48 hours. Finally, what sets the standard in the definitive control of this pathology would be the high clinical suspicion the early diagnosis and timely initiation of the antibiotic treatment appropriate to the results of the microbiological samples.

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