The tracheal tube: Gateway to ventilator-associated pneumonia

Critical Care

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Zolfaghari, Parjam S ^a   Wyncoll, Duncan L A ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LATEX; PEPSIN A; POLYURETHAN; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; SILVER;

ACID ASPIRATION; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUTOMATION; BIOFILM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRAIN; ENDOTRACHEAL CUFF; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GLOTTIS; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MATERIAL COATING; MORTALITY; MOUTH HYGIENE; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENCE RISK; RISK REDUCTION; SECRETION; SEDATION; STRESS ULCER; TRACHEOTOMY; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; CROSS INFECTION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; INSTRUMENTATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT;

CROSS INFECTION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED;

EID: 80053901172     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc10352     Document Type: Article

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