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Intensive Care Medicine
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine 2/2007

01-02-2007 | Correspondence

Novel indications for the Boussignac CPAP valve

Authors: Marco Cigada, Giovanluigi Elia, Michele Umbrello, Matteo Giacomini, Giovanni Mistraletti, Concezione Tommasino, Gaetano Iapichino

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 2/2007

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Sir: The use of standard devices to provide continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) outside the intensive care unit (ICU) environment may be awkward in the absence of adequate facilities. Therefore, simplified respirators and transportable CPAP systems are employed. However, these devices are still bulky, due to the presence of ventilatory circuits and separate additional machines. …
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Metadata
Title
Novel indications for the Boussignac CPAP valve
Authors
Marco Cigada
Giovanluigi Elia
Michele Umbrello
Matteo Giacomini
Giovanni Mistraletti
Concezione Tommasino
Gaetano Iapichino
Publication date
01-02-2007
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 2/2007
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-006-0472-3

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