Monitoring tracheal tube cuff pressures in the intensive care unit: A comparison of digital palpation and manometry

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 116, Issue 9 I, 2007, Pages 639-642

  Morris, Luc G ^a   Zoumalan, Richard A ^a   Roccaforte, J David ^a   Amin, Milan R ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cuff; Intubation; Pressure; Trachea; Tracheotomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CUFF; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANOMETER; MANOMETRY; MONITORING; PALPATION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TRACHEA INJURY; TRACHEA STENOSIS; TRACHEOSTOMY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548844765     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940711600902     Document Type: Article

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