Does polyurethane impact endotracheal cuff pressure?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2219-

  Nseir, Saad ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYURETHAN; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE;

AIRWAY PRESSURE; ASPIRATION; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; ENDOLEAK; ENDOTRACHEAL CUFF; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRESSURE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; MANOMETER; TRACHEA MUCUS; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EQUIPMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NOTE;

EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; POLYURETHANES;

EID: 47249113060     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31817c47d9     Document Type: Letter

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