Dysphagia in the patient with a tracheostomy: Six cases of inappropriate cuff deflation or removal

Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 215-220

  Higgins, David M ^a,b   Maclean, Julia C F ^a  

^a Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CUFF; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWALLOWING; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 0030977553     PISSN: 01479563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0147-9563(97)90058-3     Document Type: Article

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