Reduced airway resistance and work of breathing during mechanical ventilation with an ultra-thin, two-stage polyurethane endotracheal tube (the Kolobow tube)

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 276-279

  Velarde, Carlos A ^a   Short, Billie Lou ^a   Rivera, Oswaldo ^a   Seale, Winslow ^a   Howard, Robert ^a   Kolobow, Theodor ^b  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

airway resistance; endotracheal; intubation; mechanical ventilation; neonate; respiratory function test; respiratory mechanics; work of breathing

Indexed keywords

POLYURETHAN;

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BREATHING MECHANICS; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; NONHUMAN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; TIDAL VOLUME;

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ANIMALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; RABBITS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; WORK OF BREATHING;

EID: 0031025769     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199702000-00014     Document Type: Article

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