Intermittent Suction of Oral Secretions Before Each Positional Change may Reduce Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: A Pilot Study

BACKGROUND: That ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) can be reduced by continuous and/or intermittent subglottic suction highlights the importance of clearance of oropharyngeal secretions. We prospectively evaluated the usefulness of intermittent suction of oral secretions before each positional c...

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Autores principales: Tsai, Hui-Hwa, Chang, Shi-Chuan, Lin, Fang-Chi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Southern Society for Clinical Investigation. Published by Elsevier Inc. 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7093881/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19011396
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MAJ.0b013e31816b8761

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7093881/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19011396
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MAJ.0b013e31816b8761

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