Optimal care and design of the tracheal cuff in the critically ill patient

Annals of Intensive Care

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-9

  Jaillette, Emmanuelle ^a   Martin Loeches, Ignacio ^b   Artigas, Antonio ^b   Nseir, Saad ^a,b  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Complications; Intubation; Microaspiration; Tracheal ischemia; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION; COMPLICATION; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; CUFF PRESSURE; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE CUFF; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INTUBATION; INTUBATION RELATED COMPLICATION; ISCHEMIA; MICROASPIRATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PRESSURE VOLUME CURVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRACHEA DISEASE; TRACHEAL ISCHEMIA; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

EID: 84899443969     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21105820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2110-5820-4-7     Document Type: Review

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