Control of tracheal cuff pressure: A pilot study using a pneumatic device

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 128-132

  Duguet, Alexandre ^a,b   D'Amico, Leda ^a,c   Biondi, Giuseppina ^a,c   Prodanovic, Hélène ^a   Gonzalez Bermejo, Jésus ^a,b   Similowski, Thomas ^a,b  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cuff pressure; Mechanical ventilation; Monitoring; Tracheal intubation; Tracheal stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL CUFF; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MANOMETER; SCORING SYSTEM; TRACHEA STENOSIS;

CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 33846319688     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-006-0417-x     Document Type: Article

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