Technical standards for tracheal tubes.
To provide an appropriate context for understanding the standards for tracheal tubes, this article first summarizes some of the historical highlights leading to the development of present-day tracheal tubes. It also describes the current manufacturing guidelines for tracheal tubes and the rationale for these standards.
Pulmonary Section, Veterans Administration Medical Center, White River Junction, Vermont.
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D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000592:standards*