TY - JOUR T1 - Review: subglottic secretion drainage reduces ventilator associated pneumonia JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 114 LP - 114 DO - 10.1136/ebn.8.4.114 VL - 8 IS - 4 A2 - , Y1 - 2005/10/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/8/4/114.abstract N2 - Dezfulian C, Shojania K, Collard HR, et al. Subglottic secretion drainage for preventing ventilator-associated pneumonia: a meta-analysis. Am J Med 2005;118:11ā€“8.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science Q Does subglottic secretion drainage (SSD) prevent ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) in critically ill patients? Data sources:Medline, CINAHL, EMBASE/Excerpta Medica, Cochrane Library, Current Contents, and Biological Abstracts (1966 to May 2003); reference lists of retrieved studies and reviews; and authors of identified studies.Study selection and assessment:randomised controlled trials (RCTs) that compared SSD with no SSD in mechanically ventilated patients and reported pneumonia as an outcome. Methodological quality of individual studies was assessed based on allocation concealment and blinding.Outcomes:VAP. Secondary outcomes were mortality, intensive care unit (ICU) length of stay (LOS), hospital LOS, ventilation duration, and time from intubation to diagnosis of pneumonia.5 RCTs (nā€Š=ā€Š896) met the selection criteria. ā€¦ ER -