A randomized clinical trial of continuous aspiration of subglottic secretions in cardiac surgery patients

Chest

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1339-1346

  Kollef, Marin H ^a,b   Skubas, Nikolaos J ^a   Sundt, Thoralf M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Pulmonary and Critical Care Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Intensive care; Mechanical ventilation; Outcomes; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPIRATION; BRONCHUS SECRETION; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0032723899     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.116.5.1339     Document Type: Article

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