What to do when an endotracheal tube cuff leaks

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 486-487

  Ho, Anthony M H ^a   Contardi, LeeAnne H ^b  

^a HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CUFF; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0029981302     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199603000-00033     Document Type: Article

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