Association among duration of mechanical ventilation, cuff material of endotracheal tube, and postoperative nosocomial pneumonia in cardiac surgical patients: A prospective study

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
2980428	The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	2014	6 Pages	PDF

Abstract

The current analyses provide evidence that among cardiac surgical patients, mechanical ventilation more than 16.6 hours is associated with an increased likelihood of postoperative pneumonia.

Keywords

ROC euroSCORE ICU intensive care unit intravenously European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation Endotracheal tube PVC Polyurethane Polyvinyl chloride receiver operating characteristic