What is it about?
This article shows the incidence, complications, impacts of tube blockages in adult intensive care patients. It also indicate the on tube durations for end trachea and tracheostomy tube before it gets blocked
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Why is it important?
This findings will help intensive care providers in evidence based decision making for tube changes
Perspectives
Intubation and ventilation in critical care patients are very common. Tube blockage is one of the commonly encountered problem in such patients. It can even be fatal. However, many of the blockages are preventable which can even save a life.
Dr Habib Md Reazaul Karim
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Guwahati
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This page is a summary of: A retrospective study of endotracheal or tracheostomy tube blockage and their impact on the patients in an intensive care unit, Journal of Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, January 2017, Medknow,
DOI: 10.4103/0971-9903.202013.
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