Gravity. It's not just a good idea. It's the law

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 127-128

  Panigada, M ^a   Berra, L ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYURETHAN; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; BODY POSITION; BRONCHUS SECRETION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EDITORIAL; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GRAVITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG ASPIRATION; LUNG PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PEAK NASAL INSPIRATORY FLOW; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; POSTURAL DRAINAGE; PULMONARY ASPIRATION; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TOILET; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; GRAVITATION; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; POLYURETHANES; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 79953119712     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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