Are frequent inner cannula changes necessary?: A pilot study

Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 58-62

  Burns, Suzanne M ^a,b,c   Spilman, Marie ^a,b   Wilmoth, Debra ^a,b   Carpenter, Rick ^a,b   Turrentine, Beth ^a,b   Wiley, Barbara ^a,b   Marshall, Mike ^a,b   Martens, Susan ^a,b   Burns, James E ^a,b   Truwit, Jonathon D ^a,b  

^a Univ of Virginia Hlth Sci Center ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CANNULA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 13144252276     PISSN: 01479563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0147-9563(98)90070-X     Document Type: Article

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