Leakage of fluid around high-volume, low-pressure cuffs: A comparison of four tracheal tubes

Anaesthesia

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 38-42

  Asai, T ^a   Shingu, K ^a  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Complications: aspiration; Equipment: tracheal tube

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL CUFF; EVALUATION; LIQUID VENTILATION; LUNG MODEL; LUNG VENTILATION; PRESSURE;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0035142470     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.2001.01718.x     Document Type: Article

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