Size matters: Choosing the right tracheal tube

Anaesthesia

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 815-819

  Farrow, S ^a   Farrow, C ^b   Soni, N ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHASE FARM HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIST; BREATHING; BRONCHOSCOPE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CATHETER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; ENDOSCOPY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOXIA; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNX INJURY; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SORE THROAT; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TOILET; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; PHARYNGITIS;

EID: 84863701607     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2012.07250.x     Document Type: Review

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