The cuff-leak test: what are we measuring?

Stridor is one of the most frequent causes of early extubation failure. The cuff-leak test may help to identify patients at risk to develop post-extubation laryngeal edema. However the discrimination power of the cuff-leak test is highly variable and can be use, at best, to detect patients at risk t...

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Autor principal: De Backer, Daniel
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2005
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Commentary
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1065116/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15693980
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc3031
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description Stridor is one of the most frequent causes of early extubation failure. The cuff-leak test may help to identify patients at risk to develop post-extubation laryngeal edema. However the discrimination power of the cuff-leak test is highly variable and can be use, at best, to detect patients at risk to develop edema but should not be used to postpone extubation as tracheal extubation can still be successful in many patients with a positive test. In this editorial, the author discuss the factors influencing the leak and hence its predictive value.
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spelling pubmed-10651162005-03-16 The cuff-leak test: what are we measuring? De Backer, Daniel Crit Care Commentary Stridor is one of the most frequent causes of early extubation failure. The cuff-leak test may help to identify patients at risk to develop post-extubation laryngeal edema. However the discrimination power of the cuff-leak test is highly variable and can be use, at best, to detect patients at risk to develop edema but should not be used to postpone extubation as tracheal extubation can still be successful in many patients with a positive test. In this editorial, the author discuss the factors influencing the leak and hence its predictive value. BioMed Central 2005 2004-12-17 /pmc/articles/PMC1065116/ /pubmed/15693980 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc3031 Text en Copyright © 2004 BioMed Central Ltd
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1065116/
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