Effect of tube guide assembly of closed suction system on airway pressure gradient

Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 59-61

  Hoshi, Kunihiko ^a   Sasaki, Chikanobu ^a   Ejima, Yutaka ^a   Hasegawa, Ryuichi ^a   Wagatsuma, Toshihiro ^a   Matsukawa, Shuh ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airway pressure; Closed suction system; Flow; Tube guide assembly

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY PRESSURE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BREATHING RATE; CALCULATION; CATHETER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; HYPOXEMIA; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG RESISTANCE; LUNG VOLUME; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PNEUMONIA; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; RECORDING; SENSOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIDAL VOLUME; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TOILET; VENTILATOR;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LUNG; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; PRESSURE; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SUCTION;

EID: 1842867131     PISSN: 09138668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00540-003-0204-6     Document Type: Article

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