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. 2021 Oct:48:361-362.
doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2021.01.074. Epub 2021 Feb 2.

How healthcare must respond to ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in invasively mechanically ventilated COVID-19 patients

Lukasz Szarpak  1 , Jonathan Wisco  2 , Richard Boyer  3
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How healthcare must respond to ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in invasively mechanically ventilated COVID-19 patients

Lukasz Szarpak et al. Am J Emerg Med. 2021 Oct.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Subglottic secretion drainage; Suction-above-cuff; Tracheal intubation; Ventilator-associated pneumonia.

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Multiport suction ports in the NeVap Aspire Subglottic Suction Endotracheal Tube.
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