Pediatr Crit Care Me
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · Mar 2004
Multicenter Study Clinical TrialOropharyngeal aspiration in pediatric patients with endotracheal intubation.
To determine the prevalence and factors associated with oropharyngeal aspiration in pediatric patients submitted to mechanical ventilation and endotracheal intubation. ⋯ Aspiration around the tracheal tube is a frequent finding (28%) in children undergoing mechanical ventilation. The frequent swallowing movements and the orotracheal intubation route were significantly associated with aspiration. These results suggest that the nasotracheal intubation route could be recommended as the first choice for reducing this potential clinical complication.