Nitrous oxide diffusion into tracheal tube cuffs - Efficacy of a new prototype cuff pressure release valve

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1072-1076

  Dullenkopf, Alexander ^a   Gerber, A C ^a   Weiss, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Complications; Cuff pressure; Nitrous oxide; Pressure release valve; Tracheal tube

Indexed keywords

NITROUS OXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUFF; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; OXYGEN DIFFUSION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANK SUM TEST; VALVE;

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIFFUSION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INFANT; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; NITROUS OXIDE; PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 23944480707     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2005.00800.x     Document Type: Article

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