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The Impact of Hospital-Wide Use of a Tapered-Cuff Endotracheal Tube on the Incidence of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
David L Bowton, R Duncan Hite, R Shayn Martin and Robert Sherertz
Respiratory Care October 2013, 58 (10) 1582-1587; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4187/respcare.02278
David L Bowton
Critical Care Section, Department of Anesthesiology
MDR Duncan Hite
Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy, and Immunology
MDR Shayn Martin
Department of General Surgery
MDRobert Sherertz
Department of Infectious Disease, Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
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Respiratory Care
Vol. 58, Issue 10
1 Oct 2013
The Impact of Hospital-Wide Use of a Tapered-Cuff Endotracheal Tube on the Incidence of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
David L Bowton, R Duncan Hite, R Shayn Martin, Robert Sherertz
Respiratory Care Oct 2013, 58 (10) 1582-1587; DOI: 10.4187/respcare.02278