Tracheostomy tube obstruction caused by an overinflated cuff

Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 768-769

  Saini, Savita ^a   Taxak, Susheela ^a   Singh, Maj Reeta ^b  

^a POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b General Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOPHYLLINE; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ETOFYLLINE; GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; HALOTHANE; HYDROCORTISONE; NITROUS OXIDE; PETHIDINE; THEOPHYLLINE; THEOPHYLLINE DIETHANOLAMINE; THIOPENTAL;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSPASM; CASE REPORT; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX CARCINOMA; MALE; TRACHEOSTOMY;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 0034033147     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0194-5998(00)70220-8     Document Type: Article

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