Assessment of endotracheal cuff pressure by continuous monitoring: A pilot study

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 133-143

  Sole, Mary Lou ^a   Penoyer, Daleen Aragon ^c   Su, XioaGang ^a   Jimenez, Edgar ^d   Kalita, Samar J ^b   Poalillo, Elizabeth ^e   Byers, Jacqueline F ^a   Bennett, Melody ^a,e   Ludy, Jeffery E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b University of Central Florida   (United States)

^c Advanced Practice Nursing and Research   (United States)

^d Internal Medicine Residency Program   (United States)

^e ORLANDO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING; PILOT STUDY; PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PILOT PROJECTS; PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 65549150399     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ajcc2009441     Document Type: Article

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