Excessive endotracheal tube cuff pressure: Is there any difference between emergency physicians and anesthesiologists?

Signa Vitae

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 17-20

  Ghafouri, Hamed Basir ^a   Saeeidi, Hossein ^a   Yasinzadeh, Mohammadreza ^a   Famouri, Sasan ^a   Modirian, Ehsan ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anesthesiologist; Cuff pressure; Emergency physicians; Endotracheal tube

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868383451     PISSN: 13345605     EISSN: 1845206X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22514/SV72.102012.3     Document Type: Article

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