Open AccessCollapse of Endotracheal Tubes Due to Overinflation of High-Compliance Cuffs
Author(s) -
Azriel Perel,
R. Katzenelson,
Ehud Klein,
Shamay Cotev
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia/anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.404
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1213/00000539-197709000-00029
Subject(s) - medicine , compliance (psychology) , endotracheal tube , intensive care medicine , anesthesia , cardiology , intubation , psychology , social psychology
Overinflation of endotraceal-tube cuffs may seriously compromise the patient's airway, due to collapse of the wall of the endotracheal tube. Two case reports describe this complication, with x-ray demonstration of the hyperinflated cuffs.