Measurement technique and variation in intramucosal pH

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 563-564

  Wood, P R ^a   Lawler, P G P ^b  

^a SELLY OAK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal tract, pH; Monitoring, pH oesophageal

Indexed keywords

ICE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SAMPLING; STOMACH MUCOSA; STOMACH PH; STORAGE; SYRINGE; TEMPERATURE; TIME; TONOMETRY;

EID: 0029968731     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/76.4.563     Document Type: Article

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