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

Anahita Rouzé, Ignacio Martin-Loeches and Saad Nseir
Respiratory Care January 2019, 64 (1) 108-109; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4187/respcare.06698
Anahita Rouzé
University Hospital of Lille Lille Inflammation Research International Center CHU Lille Critical Care Center Lille, France
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Ignacio Martin-Loeches
Department of Clinical Medicine Trinity College, St James Hospital Dublin, Ireland
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Saad Nseir
University Hospital of Lille Lille Inflammation Research International Center CHU Lille Critical Care Center Lille, France
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