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Prevention of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia and Ventilator-Associated Conditions: A Randomized Controlled Trial With Subglottic Secretion Suctioning

P Damas, F Frippiat, A Ancion, et al Crit Care Med, 2015, 43(1):22-30

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The benefit of subglottic suctioning in intubated patients, through the reduction of VAP, is debatable. The effect of baseline VAP rate, and the change in definition of VAP to VAE, VAC, and IVAC add to this.
 
This single centre study randomised 352 patients...

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