Following tracheal intubation, mucus flow is reversed in the semirecumbent position: Possible role in the pathogenesis of ventilator-associated pneumonia

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 518-525

  Bassi, Gianluigi Li ^a   Zanella, Alberto ^a   Cressoni, Massimo ^a   Stylianou, Mario ^a   Kolobow, Theodor ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspiration pneumonia; Bacterial pneumonia; Endotracheal tube; Intensive care unit; Mucus transport

Indexed keywords

TANTALUM;

AIRWAY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREATHING APPARATUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; GLOTTIS; GRAVITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; LUNG; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECUMBENCY; SHEEP; TRACHEA; TRACHEA MUCUS; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

EID: 38549130730     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000299741.32078.E9     Document Type: Article

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