Polyurethane does not protect better than polyvinyl cuffed tracheal tubes from microaspirations

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 498-503

  Bulpa, P ^a   Evrard, P ^a   Bouhon, S ^a   Schryvers, F ^a   Jamart, J ^a   Michaux, I ^a   Dive, A ^a   Vander Borght, T ^a   Krug, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Intubation, intratracheal; Pneumonia, aspiration; Pulmonary ventilation; Rotator cuff

Indexed keywords

PENTETATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; POLYURETHAN; POLYVINYL DERIVATIVE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE CUFF; FEMALE; GAMMA CAMERA; HUMAN; MALE; PRESSURE; PULMONARY ASPIRATION; RADIOACTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECUMBENCY; SEDATION; SEX RATIO; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TRACHEA; VENTILATOR;

ADULT; AGED; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; POLYURETHANES; POLYVINYLS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRACHEA;

EID: 84880175420     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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