Limited value of the cuff-leak test

Respiratory Care

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1617-1618

  Deem, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BURN; CROUP; CUFF LEAK TEST; EDITORIAL; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; HUMAN; LARYNX; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG PRESSURE; LUNG VENTILATION; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; RESPIRATORY CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; RISK FACTOR; STRIDOR; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; NOTE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS;

EID: 33644873501     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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