Airway Disease — Cuirass Fitting Study - Time for Mounting and Ventilation
Citation(s)
Kristensen MS, Hesselfeldt R, Schmidt JF Improvements in cuirass ventilation for airway surgery: origins in Copenhagen on the 70th anniversary of the first intensive care unit. Br J Anaesth. 2023 Oct;131(4):644-648. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2023.07.021. Epub 2023 Sep 4.
Kristensen MS, Hesselfeldt R, Schmidt JF Modern cuirass ventilation for airway surgery: unlimited access to the larynx and trachea in anaesthetised patients. Br J Anaesth. 2023 Oct;131(4):e106-e109. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2023.07.010. Epub 2023 Aug 14. No abstract available.
Cuirass Shell Fitting and Time to Visible Ventilation in Healthy Volunteers - an Observational Study.
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