Relationship of inspiratory and expiratory times to upper airway resistance during pulsatile needle cricothyrotomy ventilation with generic delivery circuit

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 98-107

  Lim, M W ^a   Benham, S W ^b  

^a LLANDOUGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airway; Physics, flow; Ventilation, transtracheal

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CANNULA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPIRATORY FLOW; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; LUNG VENTILATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE NEEDLE CRICOTHYROTOMY; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; TRACHEOTOMY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

EID: 72749086120     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aep341     Document Type: Article

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