Is prehospital endobronchial intubation a risk factor for subsequent ventilator associated pneumonia? A retrospective analysis.

More than half of patients under mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit (ICU) are field-intubated, which is a known risk factor for ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP). We assessed whether field endobronchial intubation (EBI) is associated with the development of subsequent VAP during t...

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Main Authors: Ana Catalina Hernandez Padilla, Timothée Trampont, Thomas Lafon, Thomas Daix, Dominique Cailloce, Olivier Barraud, François Dalmay, Philippe Vignon, Bruno François
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217466