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Continuous control of endotracheal cuff pressure and tracheal wall damage: a randomized controlled animal study

BACKGROUND: Intubation is frequently performed in intensive care unit patients. Overinflation of the endotracheal tube cuff is a risk factor for tracheal ischemia and subsequent complications. Despite manual control of the cuff pressure, overinflation of the endotracheal cuff is common in intensive...

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Autores principales: Nseir, Saad, Duguet, Alexandre, Copin, Marie-Christine, De Jonckheere, Julien, Zhang, Mao, Similowski, Thomas, Marquette, Charles-Hugo
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2556761/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17915017
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc6142