A Randomized Clinical Trial of Intermittent Subglottic Secretion Drainage in Patients Receiving Mechanical Ventilation

To study the effect of subglottic secretions drainage on the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in patients receiving mechanical ventilation.A randomized clinical trial.A 12-bed general ICU.One hundred fifty patients with an expected duration of mechanical ventilation > 72 h were enrolled in the study.Patients were randomly assigned to receive either an endotracheal tube for intermittent subglottic secretions drainage or a...