Airway management for prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia;Manejo de la vía aérea para prevenir la neumonía asociada a la ventilación mecánica

Medicina Intensiva

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 88-102

  Lorente Ramos, L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Airway management; Breathing circuits change; Continuous subglottic suctioning; Endotracheal tube cuff pressure; Multiuse closed system suction catheter; Reintubation; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISINFECTION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EQUIPMENT; EXTUBATION; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; HUMIDIFIER; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NASOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; REVIEW; SUCTION; SURGICAL GLOVE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRACHEOSTOMY; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

EID: 17444379281     PISSN: 02105691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0210-5691(05)74208-x     Document Type: Review

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