Improved Endotracheal Tubes for Prevention of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: Better Than Silver and Gold?

What it found

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The trial behind it

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Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

1. Efficacy of Noble Metal–alloy Endotracheal Tubes in Ventilator-associated Pneumonia Prevention: a Randomized Clinical TrialBalkan medical journal · 2022
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2. Laryngoscope-assisted and cotton ball wiping methods in prevention of oral and pulmonary infection in patients receiving mechanical ventilation and the influence on hypersensitive C-reactive protein and procalcitonin.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2019
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3. Repositioning of endotracheal tube and risk of ventilator-associated pneumonia among adult patients: A matched case-control study.Annals of thoracic medicine
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Corrections and comments

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  Silver-Coated Endotracheal Tubes Cleaned With a Mechanism for Secretion Removal.2019

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Funding

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Abstract

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