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Emergency physicians cannot inflate or estimate endotracheal tube cuff pressure using standard techniques

Study objectives: Tracheal necrosis and stenosis may result from an overinflated endotracheal tube cuff. Safe, appropriate pressure in endotracheal tube cuffs is considered to be between 15 and 25 cm H(2)O, pressures below normal capillary perfusion pressure. We seek to determine the ability of emer...

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Autores principales: Hoffman, R.J., Parwani, V., Hsu, B., Hahn, I.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American College of Emergency Physicians. Published by Mosby, Inc. 2004
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7135376/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.annemergmed.2004.07.383

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