Endotracheal tube cuff pressure in intensive care unit: the need for pressure monitoring.

Intensive Care Med

Intensive Care and Transplantation Unit, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care B, University Saint Eloi Hospital, 80 Avenue Augustin Fliche, University of Montpellier I, 34295, Montpellier Cedex 5, France.

Published: May 2007

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