Novel system for complete removal of secretions within the endotracheal tube: The mucus shaver

Anesthesiology

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1063-1065

  Kolobow, Theodor ^a,b,c   Berra, Lorenzo ^c   Bassi, Gianluigi Li ^c   Curto, Francesco ^c  

^a Pulmon Critical Care Med Branch   (United States)

^b Sect Pulmon/Cardiac Assist Devices   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CLEANING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; MUCUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; BALLOON DILATATION; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MUCUS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SHEEP;

EID: 17844400830     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200505000-00028     Document Type: Article

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