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Volume 80, Issue 8 , Page 962 , August 2009

Prehospital tracheal tube cuff pressure: An important risk factor for iatrogenic tracheal stenosis

Bastiaan M. Gerritse
- Department of Anesthesiology, Amphia Hospital, Breda, The Netherlands
- Corresponding author at: Department of Anesthesiology, Amphia Hospital, P.O. Box 90158, 4800 RK Breda, The Netherlands. Tel: +31 621817700.
Jos M.Th. Draaisma
- Department of Paediatrics, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Anna Besselink-Lobanova
- Department of Anesthesiology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Ben J. Pelzer
- Department of Social Science Research Methods, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Henri A.M. Marres
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Gert Jan Scheffer
- Department of Anesthesiology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Received 16 April 2009

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