Measurement of tracheal wall pressure: A comparison of three different in vitro techniques

Anaesthesia

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 418-422

  Horisberger, T ^a   Gerber, S ^b   Bernet, V ^c   Weiss, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; CUFF; DATA ANALYSIS; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUBRICATION; MICROCHIP SENSOR PROBE TECHNIQUE; MODEL; PHARYNX; PRESSURE DIFFERENCE TECHNIQUE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; TRACHEA PRESSURE; TRACHEA WALL PRESSURE; WALL PRESSURE MEMBRANE TECHNIQUE;

AIR PRESSURE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MICROCHIP ANALYTICAL PROCEDURES; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PHARYNX; PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TRACHEA; TRANSDUCERS, PRESSURE;

EID: 40549145940     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2007.05377.x     Document Type: Article

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