A newly developed tracheal tube offering 'pressurised sealing' outperforms currently available tubes in preventing cuff leakage

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 411-416

  Spapen, Herbert D ^a   Suys, Emiel ^a   Diltoer, Marc ^a   Stiers, Wim ^a   Desmet, Geert ^a   Honoré, Patrick M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYURETHAN; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE;

AIR PRESSURE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL ORGAN; CUFF; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; TRACHEA; VENTILATOR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DEVICES; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MATERIALS TESTING; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION;

EID: 85020380171     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0000000000000493     Document Type: Article

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