Efficacy of endotracheal tube suctioning in intubated intensive care unit patients determined by in vivo catheter-based optical coherence tomography—a pilot study

BACKGROUND: Mechanical ventilation using an endotracheal tube (ETT) is one of the critical interventions given to patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). ETTs are associated with the formation of biofilms, placing patients at increased risk for developing ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). ET...

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Published in:Quant Imaging Med Surg
Main Authors: Dsouza, Roshan, Spillman, Darold R., Barkalifa, Ronit, Monroy, Guillermo L., Chaney, Eric J., Johnson, Mark A., White, Karen C., Boppart, Stephen A.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: AME Publishing Company 2021
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7719917/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33392006
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.21037/qims-20-549
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