Abstract | PURPOSE: METHODS: We performed a comprehensive, systematic meta-analysis of randomized trials that have compared subglottic secretion drainage with standard endotracheal tube care in mechanically ventilated patients. Studies were identified by a computerized database search, review of bibliographies, and expert consultation. Summary risk ratios or weighted mean differences with 95% confidence intervals were calculated for each outcome using a fixed-effects model. RESULTS: Of 110 studies retrieved, five met the inclusion criteria and enrolled 896 patients. Subglottic secretion drainage reduced the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia by nearly half (risk ratio [RR] = 0.51; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.37 to 0.71), primarily by reducing early-onset pneumonia ( pneumonia occurring within 5 to 7 days after intubation). Although significant heterogeneity was found for several endpoints, this was largely resolved by excluding a single outlying study. In the remaining four studies, which recruited patients expected to require >72 hours of mechanical ventilation, secretion drainage shortened the duration of mechanical ventilation by 2 days (95% CI: 1.7 to 2.3 days) and the length of stay in the intensive care unit by 3 days (95% CI: 2.1 to 3.9 days), and delayed the onset of pneumonia by 6.8 days (95% CI: 5.5 to 8.1 days). CONCLUSION:
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Authors | Cameron Dezfulian, Kaveh Shojania, Harold R Collard, H Myra Kim, Michael A Matthay, Sanjay Saint |
Journal | The American journal of medicine
(Am J Med)
Vol. 118
Issue 1
Pg. 11-8
(Jan 2005)
ISSN: 0002-9343 [Print] United States |
PMID | 15639202
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Meta-Analysis, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Review)
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Topics |
- Confidence Intervals
- Drainage
- Glottis
- Humans
- Intubation, Intratracheal
(adverse effects)
- Odds Ratio
- Pneumonia
(etiology, prevention & control)
- Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
- Respiration, Artificial
(adverse effects)
- Risk Assessment
- Time Factors
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