Assessment of safe endotracheal tube cuff pressures in emergency care - time for change?

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 172-173

  Stein, Christopher ^a   Berkowitz, Gary ^b   Kramer, Efraim ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b Queensland Government Department of Emergency Services   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE SAFETY; EMERGENCY CARE; ENDOTRACHEAL CUFF; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LETTER; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WORK EXPERIENCE;

EID: 79952400207     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/samj.4469     Document Type: Letter

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