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Under or overpressure: an audit of endotracheal cuff pressure monitoring at the tertiary care center

BACKGROUND: Mechanical ventilation is a lifesaving intervention for critically ill patients but can produce the major complication of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). Inappropriately inflated endotracheal tubes cause potential harm due to high or low pressure; this can be prevented through mon...

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Autores principales: Viswambharan, Biju, Kumari, Manjini Jeyaram, Krishnan, Gopala, Ramamoorthy, Lakshmi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Society of Critical Care Medicine 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8907457/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34736298
http://dx.doi.org/10.4266/acc.2021.00024