Endotracheal tube cuff pressures - The worrying reality: A comparative audit of intra-operative versus emergency intubations

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 641-643

  Bernon, J K ^a   McGuire, C ^a   Carrara, H ^a   Lubbe, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE CUFF; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; OPERATING ROOM; PALPATION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT;

ADULT; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MANOMETRY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRESSURE; SOUTH AFRICA; TRACHEAL STENOSIS;

EID: 84883197801     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.6638     Document Type: Article

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