Endotracheal cuff pressure monitoring: Another alarm in the ICU?

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 422-423

  Nseir, Saad ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LETTER; MALE; RESPIRATION CONTROL;

AIR PRESSURE; AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE;

EID: 84856520789     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ajcc2011725     Document Type: Letter

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