Article
A New Method to Detect Gastro-esophageal Reflux in Critically Ill Mechanically Ventilated Patients: A Clinical Proof of Concept Study
2020-12-18
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<title>Abstract</title> <p>BackgroundTracheal aspiration of gastric content among mechanically ventilated and tube-fed critically ill patients is of great concern. The mechanism leading to bacterial colonization of the lower respiratory tract in mechanically ventilated patients is tracheal aspiration of oral or gastric contents leading to Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP). VAP is the most common nosocomial in...
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- Literature Corpus work
- ed983ee6-26da-564e-9e39-59331f74b2a4
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-127678/v1
