PVC tracheal tubes exert forces and pressures seven to ten times higher than silicone or armoured tracheal tubes - An in vitro study

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 986-989

  Joo, Hwan S ^a   Kataoka, Mark T ^a   Chen, Robert J B ^a   Doyle, John ^b   Mazer, C David ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; SILICONE;

AIRWAY PRESSURE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESOPHAGUS INTUBATION; FORCE; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNGEAL MASK; MANOMETER; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; TRACHEA INJURY;

EID: 0036872203     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03016888     Document Type: Article

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