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Liquid- and Air-Filled Catheters without Balloon as an Alternative to the Air-Filled Balloon Catheter for Measurement of Esophageal Pressure

BACKGROUND: Measuring esophageal pressure (P(es)) using an air-filled balloon catheter (BC) is the common approach to estimate pleural pressure and related parameters. However, P(es) is not routinely measured in mechanically ventilated patients, partly due to technical and practical limitations and...

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Autores principales: Beda, Alessandro, Güldner, Andreas, Carvalho, Alysson R., Zin, Walter Araujo, Carvalho, Nadja C., Huhle, Robert, Giannella-Neto, Antonio, Koch, Thea, de Abreu, Marcelo Gama
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4172426/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25247308
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0103057