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Endotracheal tube cuff pressure in three hospitals, and the volume required to produce an appropriate cuff pressure

BACKGROUND: Cuff pressure in endotracheal (ET) tubes should be in the range of 20–30 cm H(2)O. We tested the hypothesis that the tube cuff is inadequately inflated when manometers are not used. METHODS: With IRB approval, we studied 93 patients under general anesthesia with an ET tube in place in on...

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Autores principales: Sengupta, Papiya, Sessler, Daniel I, Maglinger, Paul, Wells, Spencer, Vogt, Alicia, Durrani, Jaleel, Wadhwa, Anupama
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2004
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC535565/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15569386
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2253-4-8

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