Endotracheal tubes

Double-Lumen Endotracheal Tubes

Endotracheal tubes: old and new.

The development and evolution of the endotracheal tube (ETT) have been closely related to advances in surgery and anesthesia. Modifications were made to accomplish many tasks, including minimizing gross aspiration, isolating a lung, providing a clear facial surgical field during general anesthesia, monitoring laryngeal nerve damage during surgery, preventing airway fires during laser surgery, a...

Uncuffed versus Cuffed Endotracheal Tubes

SPA-APA Meeting San Francisco 2007 1 Uncuffed versus Cuffed Endotracheal Tubes Markus Weiss, MD, Zurich, Switzerland During the last five decades, uncuffed tracheal tubes were recommended for routine use in children aged below 8 years. Cuffed tracheal tubes in patients younger than 8 years of age were only exceptionally used for special indications. In the last 10 years a change in clinical pra...

Cuffed versus uncuffed pediatric endotracheal tubes.

To the Editor: Textbooks ascribe negligible risk to standard noninvasive blood pressure (NIBP) devices.1,2 We report a complication from an appropriately placed cuff. Consent for publication was obtained in conformance with institutional publication consent guidelines. The cuff was placed on an athletic male and used during supine induction, then immediately inactivated after radial arterial ca...

A method of fixation of endotracheal tubes.

Sir,—For prolonged intubation in a children's hospital we prefer to use uncuffed plastic tubes, either Warne* neonatal tubes inserted orally, or nasal/oral bevel tubes introduced nasally. Fixation of these tubes has always been a problem, as adhesive tape irritates the skin and loosens when wet with secretions. With nasal tubes, there is always the danger of dislodgement of the tube connector, ...