Pressure in the cuffs of tracheal tubes at altitude

Anaesthesia

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 374-378

  Smith, R P R ^a   McArdle, B H ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Altitude; Aviation: air ambulances; Equipment: tracheal tubes; cuffs

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; AVIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRITICAL FLICKER FUSION; ENDOTRACHEAL CUFF; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; MEDICAL APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; PRESSURE; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; SIMULATION; TRACHEA MUCOSA;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIR AMBULANCES; AIR PRESSURE; ALTITUDE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; PRESSURE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 0036207114     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.2002.02464.x     Document Type: Article

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