Open AccessEvaluation of tracheal cuff pressure variation in spontaneously breathing patients
Author(s) -
Gustavo Plotnikow,
N. Roux,
Viviana Feld,
Emiliano Gogniat,
Darío Villalba,
Noelia Vairo Ribero,
Marisa Sartore,
Mauro Bosso,
Corina Quiroga,
Valeria Leiva,
Mariana Scrigna,
Facundo Puchulu,
Eduardo Distéfano,
José Luis Scapellato,
Dante Intile,
Fernando Planells,
Diego Noval,
Pablo Buñirigo,
Ricardo Jofré,
Ernesto Díaz Nielsen
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
international journal of critical illness and injury science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.274
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 2231-5004
pISSN - 2229-5151
DOI - 10.4103/2229-5151.124148
Subject(s) - medicine , breathing , cuff , anesthesia , surgery
Most of the studies referring cuff tubes' issues were conducted on intubated patients. Not much is known about the cuff pressure performance in chronically tracheostomized patients disconnected from mechanical ventilation.