Open AccessTracheal tube cuff inflation guided by pressure volume loop closure associated with lower postoperative cuff-related complications: Prospective, randomized clinical trial
Author(s) -
Waleed A Almarakbi,
Abdullah M. Kaki
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
saudi journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.416
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1658-354X
pISSN - 0975-3125
DOI - 10.4103/1658-354x.136422
Subject(s) - medicine , cuff , randomized controlled trial , closure (psychology) , inflation (cosmology) , volume (thermodynamics) , loop (graph theory) , surgery , anesthesia , market economy , mathematics , quantum mechanics , combinatorics , theoretical physics , economics , physics
The main function of an endotracheal tube (ETT) cuff is to prevent aspiration. High cuff pressure is usually associated with postoperative complications. We tried to compare cuff inflation guided by pressure volume loop closure (PV-L) with those by just to seal technique (JS) and assess the postoperative incidence of sore throat, cough and hoarseness.