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Laryngeal mask airway and tracheal tube cuff pressures in children : are clinical endpoints valuable for guiding inflation?

Ong, M. and Chambers, N. A. and Hullet, B. and Erb, T. O. and von Ungern Sternberg, B. S.. (2008) Laryngeal mask airway and tracheal tube cuff pressures in children : are clinical endpoints valuable for guiding inflation? Anaesthesia, Vol. 63. pp. 738-744.

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Abstract

We prospectively assessed common clinical endpoints for their usefulness in avoiding hyperinflation of the cuffs of laryngeal mask airways (slight outward movement) and tracheal tubes (disappearance of an audible leak around the cuff during manual ventilation 120 cm H(2)O at induction and 105 to < 120 cm H(2)O before emergence. With tracheal tubes (sizes 3-7 mm), median cuff pressures were 40-60 cm H(2)O at induction and 45-70 cm H(2)O at emergence. With the use of nitrous oxide a consistent rise in cuff pressure was observed between the first and second readings whereas cuff pressures remained constant when nitrous oxide was not used. The use of clinical endpoints alone was associated with significant hyperinflation of cuffs with both devices in almost all patients, with an exacerbation when nitrous oxide was used. In order to avoid unnecessary cuff hyperinflation in laryngeal mask airways and tracheal tubes, the routine use of cuff manometers is mandatory in children.
Faculties and Departments:03 Faculty of Medicine > Bereich Querschnittsfächer (Klinik) > Anästhesiologie
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Klinische Forschung > Bereich Querschnittsfächer (Klinik) > Anästhesiologie
UniBasel Contributors:Erb, Thomas O.
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Pulman
ISSN:0003-2409
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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