Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP) represents a cause of morbidity and mortality in critically ill patients who require mechanical ventilation. Subglottic secretions above the endotracheal cuff are associated with bacteria colonization of lower respiratory tract, causing VAP. A preventive strategy to avoid subglottic secretions progression is to remove it by drainage with the use of special tracheal tubes effective in preventing both early onset and late onset VAP. The purpose of this study is to measure VAP incidence in tracheostomized patients with suction above the cuff.
Occurrence of ventilator associated pneumonia using tracheostomy tubes with subglottic secretion drainage / Karavana, V., Smith, I., Kanellis, G., Sigala, I., Kinsella, T., Zakynthinos, S., Liu, L., Chen, J., Zhang, X., Liu, A., Guo, F., Liu, S., Yang, Y., Qiu, H., Grimaldi, D.G., Kaya, E., Acicbe, O., Kayaalp, I., Asar, S., Dogan, M., et al.. - In: CRITICAL CARE. - ISSN 1364-8535. - 21:S1(2017), pp. 22-22. (37th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine ) [10.1186/s13054-017-1628-y].
Occurrence of ventilator associated pneumonia using tracheostomy tubes with subglottic secretion drainage
Terragni, P.
Investigation
;Pistidda, L.;
2017-01-01
Abstract
Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP) represents a cause of morbidity and mortality in critically ill patients who require mechanical ventilation. Subglottic secretions above the endotracheal cuff are associated with bacteria colonization of lower respiratory tract, causing VAP. A preventive strategy to avoid subglottic secretions progression is to remove it by drainage with the use of special tracheal tubes effective in preventing both early onset and late onset VAP. The purpose of this study is to measure VAP incidence in tracheostomized patients with suction above the cuff.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
