Characterization of airway device cuff volumes at simulated altitude

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 555-558

  Law, Jennifer ^a   Bair, Aaron ^b   Capra, Jason ^c   Holder, Allen ^d,e   Allen, Robert ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e USAF   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeromedical transport; Airway devices; Altitude; Boyle's law

Indexed keywords

WATER;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIR; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTUBATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIR; ALTITUDE; HUMANS; INTUBATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; WATER;

EID: 79955516461     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.2834.2011     Document Type: Article

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