Survey Of cuff management practices in intensive care units in Australia and New Zealand

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 428-435

  Rose, Louise ^a   Redl, Leanne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; METHODOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALPATION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; TRACHEOSTOMY;

AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; NEW ZEALAND; PALPATION; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; POSTURE; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 58149118260     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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