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Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Patients Admitted to Intensive Care Units, Using Open or Closed Endotracheal Suctioning

BACKGROUND: Critically ill patients under mechanical ventilation require frequent suctioning of airway secretion. Closed suction permits suctioning without disconnection from ventilator; so it might decrease hypoxemia and infection rate. OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of closed...

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Autores principales: Hamishekar, Hadi, Shadvar, Kamran, Taghizadeh, Majid, Golzari, Samad EJ, Mojtahedzadeh, Mojtaba, Soleimanpour, Hassan, Mahmoodpoor, Ata
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Kowsar 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4333305/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25729677
http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/aapm.21649