Scanning electron-microscopic evaluation of cuff shoulders in pediatric tracheal tubes

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 240-244

  Moehrlen, Ueli ^a   Ziegler, Urs ^b   Weiss, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Airway; Cuff; Injury; Intubation; Tracheal; Tube

Indexed keywords

POLYURETHAN; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE;

AIRWAY; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MATERIALS TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHOULDER; SURFACE PROPERTY; THICKNESS;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PEDIATRICS;

EID: 38549115088     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2007.02386.x     Document Type: Article

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