Silver Is Key To Reducing Pneumonia Associated With Breathing Tubes
Tuesday, August 19, 2008 - 23:21
in Health & Medicine
People have long prized silver as a precious metal. Now, silver-coated endotracheal tubes are giving critically ill patients another reason to value the lustrous metal. Researchers now report that the silver-coated tubes led to a 36 percent reduction of ventilator-associated pneumonia.
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