The incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia using the PneuX System with or without elective endotracheal tube exchange: A pilot study

BACKGROUND: The PneuX System is a novel endotracheal tube and tracheal seal monitor, which has been designed to minimise the aspiration of oropharyngeal secretions. We aimed to determine the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in patients who were intubated with the PneuX System and t...

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Autores principales: Doyle, Alex, Fletcher, Andrew, Carter, Joseph, Blunt, Mark, Young, Peter
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
Materias:
Short Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3078870/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21450078
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-4-92

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3078870/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21450078
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-4-92

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