Fit and seal characteristics of a new paediatric tracheal tube with high volume-low pressure polyurethane cuff

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 232-237

  Dullenkopf, A ^a   Gerber, A C ^a   Weiss, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Children, paediatric; Croup, sealing, tracheal; Cuff, high volume low pressure; Morbidity; Tracheal tube

Indexed keywords

POLYURETHAN; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; AIRWAY DYNAMICS; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ARTICLE; AUSCULTATION; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROUP; ENDOTRACHEAL CUFF; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYPOBARISM; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANOMETRY; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TUBE;

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROUP; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; POLYURETHANES; PRESSURE; TRACHEA;

EID: 14644430965     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2005.00599.x     Document Type: Article

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