Preventing ventilator-associated pneumonia: Could silver-coated endotracheal tubes be the answer?

JAMA

Volumn 300, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 842-844

  Chastre, Jean ^a,b  

^a ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILVER; SILVER DERIVATIVE; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BIOFILM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG LAVAGE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK FACTOR; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; EQUIPMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; NOTE;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BIOFILMS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SILVER COMPOUNDS;

EID: 49949118469     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.300.7.842     Document Type: Editorial

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