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Continuous endotracheal tube cuff pressure control system protects against ventilator-associated pneumonia

INTRODUCTION: The use of a system for continuous control of endotracheal tube cuff pressure reduced the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in one randomized controlled trial (RCT) with 112 patients but not in another RCT with 142 patients. In several guidelines on the prevention of V...

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Autores principales: Lorente, Leonardo, Lecuona, María, Jiménez, Alejandro, Lorenzo, Lisset, Roca, Isabel, Cabrera, Judith, Llanos, Celina, Mora, María L
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4057071/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24751286
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc13837