Fig 1.
Flow chart of study inclusion process.
ED, Emergency Department; BMI, Body Mass Index *Patients connected to either AG 110 system or subglottic suction system after 6 hours from tracheal intubation **The reasons for excluding patients at admission were: suspicion of pneumonia and lung contusion on chest X ray (n = 375); mechanical ventilation during previous three months (n = 58); facial, oropharingeal and neck trauma (n = 123); difficult intubation (n = 28); BMI >40 (n = 16).
Table 1.
Baseline patient characteristics.
Table 2.
Outcome measures in the Anapnoguard 100 and control groups.
Fig 2.
Comparison between AG group and control group according to total SS drained.
Fig 3.
Comparison between AG group and control group according to daily SS drained.
AG, Anapnoguard; Pcuff, Cuff Pressure; SS, Subglottic Secretions.
Fig 4.
Cumulative rates of patients remaining free of VAP in the AG group and control group, using the Kaplan-Meier method.
VAP, Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia; AG, Anapnoguard.
Fig 5.
AnapnoGuard 100 system overview.
Fig 6.
Automatic endotracheal tube cuff pressure closed loop adjustment.
Fig 7.
Subglottic secretions drainage based on rinsing and suctioning.