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Nebulised Heparin is Associated with Fewer Days of Mechanical Ventilation in Critically Ill Patients

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  • Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Nebulised Heparin is Associated with Fewer Days of Mechanical Ventilation in Critically Ill Patients
  • Contributor: Gross, Jamie
  • imprint: SAGE Publications, 2011
  • Published in: Journal of the Intensive Care Society
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1177/175114371101200215
  • ISSN: 1751-1437
  • Keywords: Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine ; Critical Care Nursing
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  • Description: <jats:p> This small randomised controlled trial (RCT) of ventilated patients failed to demonstrate an improvement in PaO<jats:sub>2</jats:sub>/FiO<jats:sub>2</jats:sub> with the use of regular nebulised heparin. However, nebulised heparin was associated with an increase in ventilator-free days. </jats:p><jats:p> Level of evidence: 1<jats:sup>+</jats:sup> (RCT with a low risk of bias) </jats:p>