The Microcuff™ tube allows a longer time interval until unsafe cuff pressures are reached in children

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 997-1001

  Dullenkopf, Alexander ^a   Gerber, Andreas ^a   Weiss, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROUS OXIDE PLUS OXYGEN; OPIATE; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; SEVOFLURANE; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; NITROUS OXIDE; POLYURETHAN;

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUFF; DEVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INFANT; INSTRUMENTATION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESSURE; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; NITROUS OXIDE; POLYURETHANES; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE; PRESSURE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 12144279531     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03018487     Document Type: Article

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