An in vitro study to assess determinant features associated with fluid sealing in the design of endotracheal tube cuffs and exerted tracheal pressures

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 518-526

  Li Bassi, Gianluigi ^a,b,c   Ranzani, Otavio Tavares ^a,b,c,d   Marti, Joan Daniel ^a   Giunta, Valeria ^a,e   Luque, Nestor ^a   Isetta, Valentina ^f   Ferrer, Miquel ^a,b,c   Farre, Ramon ^b,c,f   Pimentel, Guilherme Leite ^g   Torres, Antoni ^a,b,c,f  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^g PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

endotracheal tube; polyurethane; polyvinylchloride; pulmonary aspiration; trachea; tracheal injury

Indexed keywords

POLYURETHAN; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE CUFF; HIGH VOLUME LOW PRESSURE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; PNEUMATIC CUFF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHEA PRESSURE;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLYURETHANES; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE; PRESSURE; TRACHEA;

EID: 84873360319     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31826a4804     Document Type: Article

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