Prehospital tracheal tube cuff pressure: An important risk factor for iatrogenic tracheal stenosis

Resuscitation

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 962-

  Gerritse, Bastiaan M ^a   Draaisma, Jos M Th ^b   Besselink Lobanova, Anna ^b   Pelzer, Ben J ^c   Marres, Henri A M ^b   Scheffer, Gert Jan ^b  

^a AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; EMERGENCY CARE; ENDOTRACHEAL CUFF; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TRACHEA STENOSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; RISK FACTORS; TRACHEAL STENOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649933363     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.04.032     Document Type: Letter

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