Leakage of fluid around high-volume, low
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T. Asai; K. Shingu
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Article
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2001
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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We studied the ability of high‐volume, low‐pressure tracheal tube cuffs (Portex Soft Seal®, Portex Profile®, Mallinckrodt Lo‐Contour® and Mallinckrodt Hi‐Lo® tubes) to prevent leakage of fluid into the airway, in a model trachea and lung. Five tubes (7.0 and 8.0 mm internal diameter) of each type we