Randomized Pilot Trial of Two Modified Endotracheal Tubes To Prevent Ventilator-associated Pneumonia

Rationale: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a prevalent and costly nosocomial infection related to instrumentation of the airway with an endotracheal tube (ETT), enabling microaspiration of contaminated secretions. Modification of the ETT design to reduce microaspiration and/or biofilm forma...

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Published in:Ann Am Thorac Soc
Main Authors: Deem, Steven, Yanez, David, Sissons-Ross, Laura, Elrod Broeckel, Jo Ann, Daniel, Stephen, Treggiari, Miriam
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Thoracic Society 2016
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4722846/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26523433
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1513/AnnalsATS.201506-346OC
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