Endotracheal tube and laryngeal mask airway cuff volume changes with altitude: A rule of thumb for aeromedical transport

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 165-167

  Mann, Catherine ^a   Parkinson, Neil ^b   Bleetman, Anthony ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulannce   (United Kingdom)

^c BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; AIRCRAFT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CUFF; DIGITAL CALIPER; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; HELICOPTER; LARYNGEAL MASK; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; TRACHEA MUCOSA; UNITED KINGDOM; VENTILATED PATIENT;

AIR AMBULANCES; AIR PRESSURE; ALTITUDE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 34147177575     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2006.039933     Document Type: Article

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