Modifying endotracheal tubes to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 157-162

  Coppadoro, Andrea ^a,b   Berra, Lorenzo ^a   Bigatello, Luca M ^a,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

aspiration pneumonia; biofilm; endotracheal tube coating; endotracheal tube cuff; ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; POLYURETHAN;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BIOFILM; CATHETER ASPIRATION; ENDOTRACHEAL CUFF; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; NOSE SECRETION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SUCTION DRAINAGE; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRAINAGE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED;

EID: 79952184854     PISSN: 09517375     EISSN: 14736527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QCO.0b013e328343b733     Document Type: Article

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