Is sealing cuff pressure, easy, reliable and safe technique for endotracheal tube cuff inflation: A comparative study

Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 185-189

  Al Metwalli, Roshdi R ^a   Al Ghamdi, Abdulmohsen A ^a   Mowafi, Hany A ^a   Sadek, Sayed ^a   Abdulshafi, Mohammed ^a   Mousa, Wesam F ^b  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b QATIF CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Airway Morbidity; cuff pressure; endotracheal tube

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; DIAZEPAM; FENTANYL; NEOSTIGMINE; PROPOFOL; ROCURONIUM; SEVOFLURANE;

ADULT; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOTRACHEAL CUFF; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; FINGER ESTIMATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRECISE STANDARD PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEALING CUFF PRESSURE; SORE THROAT; TECHNIQUE; TRACHEA DISEASE;

EID: 79960660694     PISSN: 1658354X     EISSN: 09753125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1658-354X.82795     Document Type: Article

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