Endotracheal tube cuff pressure: need for precise measurement

CONTEXT: High compliance endotracheal tubes cuffs are used to prevent gas leak and also pulmonary aspiration in mechanically ventilated patients. However, the use of the usual cuff inflation volumes may cause tracheal damage. OBJECTIVE: We tested the hypothesis that endotracheal tube cuff pressures...

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Main Authors: José Reinaldo Cerqueira Braz, Lais Helena Camacho Navarro, Ieda Harumi Takata, Paulo Nascimento Júnior
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Associação Paulista de Medicina 1999-11-01
Series:São Paulo Medical Journal
Subjects:
Tracheal tube
Intracuff pressure
Nitrous oxide
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31801999000600004&lng=en&tlng=en
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