Efficacy of intermittent sub-glottic suctioning in prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia- A preliminary study of 100 patients

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Oropharyngeal colonisation followed by aspiration of contaminated secretions is the major cause for ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). Pooled secretions present in the sub-glottic area above inflated endotracheal tube cuff may be aspirated into the lower airways. It was hypo...

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Autores principales: Vijai, MN, Ravi, Parli R, Setlur, Rangaraj, Vardhan, Harsh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4870944/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27212718
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5049.181592

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4870944/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27212718
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5049.181592

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