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01-11-2019 | Aspiration | Less is more in Intensive Care

Endotracheal tube management during mechanical ventilation: less is more!

Authors: Robert M. Kacmarek, Gianluigi Li Bassi

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 11/2019

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Care of the endotracheal tube (ETT) is frequently not the primary focus of ventilatory management of the critically ill, but it does have a major impact on the trajectory of recovery and complications that can extend long after the patient is extubated. Much of the approach to manage the airway is based on long-standing assumptions, not founded on evidence. As with all aspects of caring for the patient on mechanical ventilation (MV), evidenced-based medicine should be the rule. All aspects of airway care should be based on what is most appropriate for the patient. …

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Title: Endotracheal tube management during mechanical ventilation: less is more!
Authors: Robert M. Kacmarek
Gianluigi Li Bassi
Publication date: 01-11-2019
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keyword: Aspiration
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 11/2019
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-019-05777-w

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