New tracheal tubes to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia: where is the evidence?

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Saad Nseir. Crit Care. 2011.

. 2011;15(6):459; author reply 459.

doi: 10.1186/cc10557. Epub 2011 Dec 8.

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The tracheal tube: gateway to ventilator-associated pneumonia.
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