Science news articles about 'endotracheal tubes'

... intention-to-treat population of 1,509 subjects, balanced between traditional endotracheal tubes and the silver coated ones. The researchers used brochoavelolar lavage fluid cultures to ascertain the ...

... of this large, randomized, multicenter study demonstrated that the silver-coated endotracheal tube significantly reduced the incidence of microbiologically confirmed ventilator-associated pneumonia ...

... . Jatinder Bhatia, an MCG neonatologist. “Traditionally, babies are given the surfactant through an endotracheal tube and left on the ventilator until they can be weaned off,” he says. “But that can ...

... and cost of RFID tags also permits use in surgical sponges, endoscopic capsules and endotracheal tubes, according to background information in the article. The potential for harmful electromagnetic ...

... the trachea. Helmke is the recipient of a Hartwell Individual Biomedical Research Award for his project "Ciliated Pediatric Endotracheal Tube for Active Prevention of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia."

... some cases, you can't see the vocal cords, which you have to go through to place the endotracheal tube, because of some obstruction," says Dr. Richard Schwartz, chair of the Department of Emergency ...