How to Prevent Endotracheal Tube Cuff Overinflation: "5 for 25".
Adverse effects associated with elevated endotracheal (ET) tube cuff pressures above 25 cm H2O include postoperative throat pain and tissue ischemia. Anesthesia practitioners' current methods of cuff pressure estimation are often inaccurate. This quantitative, quasi-experimental quality improvement...
| Publicado en: | AANA Journal Vol. 89; no. 2; pp. 147 - 155 |
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| Autores principales: | , , , , |
| Formato: | pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article |
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American Association of Nurse Anesthetists
Apr2021
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| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |