The impact of hospital-wide use of a tapered-cuff endotracheal tube on the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia

Respiratory Care

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1582-1587

  Bowton, David L ^a   Duncan Hite, R ^a   Shayn Martin, R ^a   Sherertz, Robert ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Prevention; Quality improvement; Risk; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BARREL SHAPED CUFF ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; TAPERED CUFF ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; UNITED STATES; VENTILATED PATIENT; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

PREVENTION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RISK; VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ADOLESCENT; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884663595     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: 19433654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4187/respcare.02278     Document Type: Article

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