Acquired tracheoesophageal fistula due to high intracuff pressure

Annals of Thoracic Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-25

  Hameed, Akmal ^a   Mohamed, Hasan ^a   Al Mansoori, Motasem ^a  

^a SALMANIYA MEDICAL COMPLEX   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Cuff leak; Endotracheal tube; Intracuff pressure; Tracheal damage; Tracheoesophageal fistula

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; HUMAN; PRESSURE; PULMONARY ASPIRATION; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA;

EID: 38549162336     PISSN: 18171737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1817-1737.37950     Document Type: Article

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