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Tolerability and performance of BIP endotracheal tubes with noble metal alloy coating – a randomized clinical evaluation study

BACKGROUND: Hospital acquired infections worsen the outcome of patients treated in intensive care units and are costly. Coatings with silver or metal alloys may reduce or alter the formation of biofilm on invasive medical devices. An endotracheal tube (ETT) is used to connect the patient to a ventil...

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Autores principales: Björling, Gunilla, Johansson, Dorota, Bergström, Linda, Jalal, Shah, Kohn, Ivar, Frostell, Claes, Kalman, Sigridur
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4667467/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26625869
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12871-015-0156-z