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Maintenance of tracheal tube cuff pressure: where are the limits?

Year: 2008

Type: article

Abstract: Continuous control of tracheal tube cuff inflation using a pneumatic device resulted in severe tracheal wall damage in ventilated piglets. This damage was similar in piglets managed with manual control of cuff inflation. The periodic hyperinflation of the tube cuff used in both groups of this study may explain these results. This manoeuvre should be avoided in clinical practice.

Source: Critical Care

DOI: 10.1186/cc6194

Authors: Miquel Ferrer, Antoni Torres

Institution: Consorci Institut D'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi I Sunyer

Language: English

Topic: Airway Management and Intubation Techniques

Subfield: Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $4,190