A cuff pressure controller for tracheal tubes and laryngeal mask airways

Anaesthesia

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 981-986

  Abdelatti, M O ^a,b  

^a MOUNT VERNON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Birch Hill Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equipment; cuffs, tracheal, tubes, tracheal, laryngeal mask airways Monitoring; cuff pressure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CUFF; DEVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; INTENSIVE CARE; LARYNGEAL MASK; NURSE; OPERATING ROOM; PRESSURE; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; TRAINING;

AIR; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PRESSURE;

EID: 0032882439     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.1999.01062.x     Document Type: Article

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