Chest
Volume 112, Issue 4, October 1997, Pages 1055-1059
Clinical Investigations in Critical CareA Prospective, Randomized Comparison of an In-Line Heat Moisture Exchange Filter and Heated Wire Humidifiers: Rates of Ventilator-Associated Early-Onset (Community-Acquired) or Late-Onset (Hospital-Acquired) Pneumonia and Incidence of Endotracheal Tube Occlusion
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Key words
endotracheal tube occlusion
heated moisture exchange filter
intensive care unit
intubation
mechanical ventilation
ventilator-associated pneumonia
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Supported in part by the Departments of Surgery, Division of Surgical Critical Care, University of Miami, and Department of Respiratory Therapy, Jackson Memorial Hospital
Previously presented at the 9th European Congress on Intensive Care Medicine, Glasgow, UK, September 24–28, 1996. A portion of the study population was included in a publication related to this presentation: International Journal of Intensive Care 1997; 4(1):6–12.
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