Is copd associated with increased risk for microaspiration in intubated critically ill patients?

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• who: Thècle Degroote from the chloride (PVC) tracheal tubes were used in all patientsTracheal cuff shape was standard in all patients, except those randomized in tapered-cuff arm of the BestCuff study. All patients were positioned in semirecumbent position during their period of mechanical ventilation. Oral care was performed using chlorhexidine, .1%. Tracheal cuff pressure was manually monitored using a manometer and adjusted around , cm ­H O, three times a day (except in the intervention group of the Nosten study, in which cuff pressure was continuously adjusted using a pneumatic device). Subglottic secretion drainage was not . . .
  

   

  

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