Benchmarking the Applicability of Four Methods of Endotracheal Tube Cuff Inflation for Optimal Sealing: A Randomized Trial.

CONCLUSIONS: The air-return back into the syringe method emerges as an attractive and simple-to-perform alternative regarding effective ETTc sealing and low incidence of intubation-related morbidity when a cuff manometer is not readily available.
STUDY REGISTRATION: ACTRN12615000699561.
PMID: 29580592 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Journal of Perianesthesia Nursing - March 28, 2018 Category: Nursing Authors: Tsaousi GG, Pourzitaki C, Chlorou D, Papapostolou K, Vasilakos DG Tags: J Perianesth Nurs Source Type: research