New clinical trial shows 53% reduction of ventilator-associated pneumonia with Bactiguard’s endotracheal tube
This week at the European Society of Intensive Care congress (ESICM), a study from Liège, Belgium on Bactiguard’s endotracheal tubes was presented. The study showed a 53% reduction in ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in intensive care patients, intubated with Bactiguard’s endotracheal tube with evacuation lumen (BIP ETT Evac).“These data are of vital importance for critically ill patients across the world. Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a feared complication with high mortality. The study data indicates that by using a Bactiguard endotracheal tube the risk of this deadly