New ICU tube aims to stop deadly leaks into lungs

NCT ID NCT01948635

Summary

This study tested if a specially shaped breathing tube cuff could better seal the airway and reduce the leakage of stomach and mouth fluids into the lungs of critically ill patients on ventilators. The goal was to see if this new design could help prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia, a serious and common infection in the ICU. Over 300 adult ICU patients expected to need a ventilator for more than two days were included in the trial.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Centre Hospitalie

    Tourcoing, France

  • Centre Hospitalier

    Dunkirk, France

  • Centre Hospitalier

    Lens, France

  • Centre Hospitalier

    Valenciennes, France

  • Centre Hospitalier St Philibert

    Lomme, France

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire

    Rouen, France

  • Centre hospitalier

    Roubaix, France

  • ICU, Salengro Hospital, University Hospital of Lille

    Lille, Nord, 59035, France

  • centre Hospitalier

    Boulogne-sur-Mer, France

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