Accuracy of Endotracheal Tube Cuff Pressure Adjustment by Fingertip Palpation after Training of Intensive Care Unit Nurses

BACKGROUND: Untrained fingertip palpation has been shown to be unable to adjust endotracheal tube (ET) cuff pressure in most intubated patients. OBJECTIVE: We determined the impact of a training course of ETT cuff adjustment by palpation in attaining a safe cuff inflation pressure. PATIENTS AND METH...

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Autores principales: Maboudi, Aptin, Abtahi, Hamidreza, Hosseini, Mostafa, Tamadon, Amin, Safavi, Enayat
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Kowsar 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3838645/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24349723
http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/ircmj.4164

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3838645/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24349723
http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/ircmj.4164

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