Tracheal aspirate IL-8 concentration and airway epithelial cell IL-8 expression are each increased in premature infants undergoing mechanical ventilation. We sought to determine the cytokines ...
Determine the contemporary incidence of pathogenic tracheal aspirate (TA) cultures when obtained within 12 h of birth, and to associate TA culture results with specific clinical conditions that ...
Tracheal aspirate cultures recommended to guide antibiotic therapy, but not for routine surveillance. HealthDay News — Recommendations have been developed for management of pediatric patients with ...
Researchers report discovery of a strong predictive biomarker for bronchopulmonary dysplasia, and they show a role for the biomarker in the pathogenesis of this neonatal lung disease. These results ...
OBSTRUCTION of the upper respiratory airway due to laryngopharyngeal paralysis is frequent in acute poliomyelitis, extensive polyneuritis, head injuries, myasthenic crises or coma induced by drug ...
An interrupted time series study was conducted in a 38-bed medical-surgical intensive care unit (ICU) of a tertiary care, private hospital in São Paulo, Brazil. This is an open staffing model ICU ...
Background The primary objective of this study was to determine the efficiency of a pneumatic device in controlling cuff pressure (P cuff) in patients intubated with polyurethane-cuffed tracheal tubes ...
Nathaniel R. Payne, Susan S. Steinberg, Patricia Ackerman, Blair A. Chrenka, Shashikant M. Sane, Katy T. Anderson, John J. Fangman Clinical Infectious Diseases, Vol ...