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Airway microbial compartmentalization under mechanical ventilation: a randomized pilot study comparing an endotracheal tube with suction and continuous cuff pressure control (Venner PneuX®) to standard intubation

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12931-026-03849-2

Published Online: 2026-08-01

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Authors

Pilkowski, Anna E.

Schaal, Patrick

Leibold, Lienhard

Seybold, Benjamin

Schenz, Judith

Dalpke, Alexander H.

Weigand, Markus A.

Cheaib, Bachar A.

Boutin, Sébastien

Fiedler-Kalenka, Mascha O.
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Funding for this research was provided by:

Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg
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Article History

Received: 18 May 2026

Accepted: 21 July 2026

First Online: 1 August 2026

Declarations

Ethics approval and consent to participate: The study (“TUBOMIC – Influence of an endotracheal tube with subglottic suction and continuous cuff pressure measurement on the pulmonary microbiome”) was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Medical Faculty of Heidelberg University (S-280/2022) in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.

Consent for publication: Consent to Publish is not applicable, as all published data were pseudonymized.

Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.

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