Endotracheal tube cuff leaks: Causes, consequences, and management

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 428-434

  El Orbany, Mohammad ^a   Salem, M Ramez ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b ADVOCATE ILLINOIS MASONIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE CUFF; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE CUFF LEAK; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE;

ALGORITHMS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DEVICE REMOVAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPY; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84881373964     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: 15267598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e318292ee21     Document Type: Article

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