The efficacy of spontaneous and controlled ventilation with various cricothyrotomy devices: A quantitative in vitro assessment in a model lung

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 886-892

  Michalek Sauberer, Andrea ^a   Granegger, Marcus ^b,c   Gilly, Hermann ^a,c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES TECHNIKUM WIEN   (Austria)

^c LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Airway management; Cricothyroidotomy; Cricothyrotomy; Difficult airway; Lung model; Percutaneous transtracheal jet ventilation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BREATHING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUFF; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; IN VITRO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RESPIRATION CONTROL; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TIDAL VOLUME; TRACHEOTOMY;

CRICOID CARTILAGE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMANS; LUNG; MODELS, ANATOMIC; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; THYROID CARTILAGE; TIDAL VOLUME; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 80054034746     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3182092c42     Document Type: Article

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