title: Do endotracheal tubes with suction above the cuff decrease the rate of ventilator-associated pneumonia, and are they cost-effective?
authors.forename: Carmen Sílvia Valente
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authors.lastname: Barbas
authors.forename: Lara Poletto
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Couto
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