Comparison of air-sealing characteristics of tapered- vs. Cylindrical-shaped high-volume, low-pressure tube cuffs

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 230-235

  Madjdpour, C ^a   Mauch, J ^a   Dave, M H ^a   Spielmann, N ^a   Weiss, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYURETHAN; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; SEVOFLURANE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYLINDRICAL TUBE CUFF; ENDOTRACHEAL CUFF; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; GAS ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERMITTENT POSITIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION; PEAK INSPIRATORY FLOW; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETRY; TAPERED SHAPED TRACHEAL TUBE CUFF; TIDAL VOLUME; TRACHEA PRESSURE;

AIR PRESSURE; AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; HUMANS; INTERMITTENT POSITIVE-PRESSURE VENTILATION; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LUNG; METHYL ETHERS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; POLYURETHANES; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE; SPIROMETRY; TIDAL VOLUME;

EID: 84855799809     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2011.02542.x     Document Type: Article

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