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Speaking valves in tracheostomised ICU patients weaning off mechanical ventilation - do they facilitate lung recruitment?

BACKGROUND: Patients who require positive pressure ventilation through a tracheostomy are unable to phonate due to the inflated tracheostomy cuff. Whilst a speaking valve (SV) can be used on a tracheostomy tube, its use in ventilated ICU patients has been inhibited by concerns regarding potential de...

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Autores principales: Sutt, Anna-Liisa, Caruana, Lawrence R., Dunster, Kimble R., Cornwell, Petrea L., Anstey, Chris M., Fraser, John F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4818462/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27038617
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13054-016-1249-x