Journal of Critical Care
Volume 25, Issue 3 , Pages 483-488 , September 2010

Impact of endotracheal tube size on preextubation respiratory variables

  • Sangeeta Mehta, MD, FRCPC

      Affiliations

    • Division of Respirology and Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1X5
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto ON, Canada M5G 1X5. Tel.: +1 416 586 4800x4604; fax: +1 416 586 8480.
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  • Matthew J. Heffer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Respirology and Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1X5
    • ,
  • Nava Maham, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Respirology and Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1X5
    • ,
  • David L. Nelson, RRT

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University, Providence, RI 02906, USA
    • Division of Respiratory Care, Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University, Providence, RI 02906, USA
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  • James R. Klinger, MD, FCCP

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University, Providence, RI 02906, USA
    • ,
  • Mitchell M. Levy, MD, FCCM

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University, Providence, RI 02906, USA

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☆ Study institution: Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI.

☆☆ Support/Conflicts: Allied Health Care Products, Riverside, CA, provided the CP-100 and esophageal catheters. None of the authors has any financial or nonfinancial competing interests.

PII: S0883-9441(09)00282-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2009.11.005

Journal of Critical Care
Volume 25, Issue 3 , Pages 483-488 , September 2010

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