Pneumonia. Bacterial pneumonia, not elsewhere classified
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: Patients in the control group are under mechanical ventilation with conventional endotracheal tube (7 or 7.5 mm internal diameter for women and 8 or 8.5 mm for men). Intervention 2: In
Prevention
Patients in the control group are under mechanical ventilation with conventional endotracheal tube (7 or 7.5 mm internal diameter for women and 8 or 8.5 mm for men)
In the case group patients' previous tracheal tube to be replaced with tracheal tube with capability of subglottic suction (inner diameter of 7 or 5.7 mm for women or 8 or 8.5 mm for men).
Sponsors
Vice Chancellor for Research, Shiaz University of Medical Sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 139 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria: age over 18; patients with endotracheal tube in the ICU, mechanical ventilation for more than 48 hours, pneumonia before intubation and mechanical ventilation, cardiac disease. Exclusion criteria: immune deficiency, using immune system inhibitor drugs (cytotoxic chemotherapy or corticosteroids more than 160 mg hydrocortisone, prednisone 40 mg, 6 mg of dexamethasone or its equivalent; extubation less than 48 hours after intubation; death less than 48 hours after intubation, difficult intubation.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria:
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Ventilator associated pneumonia. Timepoint: DAILY. Method of measurement: 2015 GUIDLINE ,Centers for Disease Control(CDC). | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Public ContactMohsen Savaie
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
Outcome results
None listed