Continuous control of tracheal cuff pressure for the prevention of ventilator-Associated pneumonia in critically ill patients: Where is the evidence?

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 440-447

  Rouzé, Anahita ^a   Nseir, Saad ^a,b  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Mechanical ventilation; Microaspiration; Tracheal cuff pressure; Tracheal tube; Ventilator Associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

NITROUS OXIDE; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COUGHING; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE CUFF; ENTERIC FEEDING; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEAD POSITION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT COMFORT; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POWER SUPPLY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESPIRATION CONTROL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SORE THROAT; STOMACH CONTENT; SURGICAL PATIENT; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; THYROIDECTOMY; TRACHEAL ASPIRATION PROCEDURE; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE; TRACHEOBRONCHITIS; VENTILATED PATIENT; VENTILATOR; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; PRESSURE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84885023150     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: 15317072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCC.0b013e3283636b71     Document Type: Review

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