Impact of the introduction of an endotracheal tube attachment device on the incidence and severity of oral pressure injuries in the intensive care unit: a retrospective observational study

Table 3 Incidence of oral pressure injuries by study period (pre- vs. post- introduction of the AnchorFast™ device), and by method of ETT securement (cloth tapes vs. AnchorFast™ device) across both study periods

	All patients	Pre-AnchorFast period	Post-AnchorFast Period	Tape ETT securement	AnchorFast ETT securement
Number of Mechanically ventilated patients	2008	1043	965	1412	596
Total Ventilation Hours	201,152	93,602	107,550	109,711	91,441
Number of Oral Pressure Injuries reported	52	16	36	28	24
Oral Pressure Injuries per 100 ventilated patients	2.59	1.53	3.73*	1.98	4.03^#
Oral pressure Injuries per 10,000 ventilation hours	2.59	1.71	3.35^	2.55	2.63^ǂ

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