Improper tube fixation causing a leaky cuff

Leaking endotracheal tube cuffs are common problems in intensive care units. We report a case wherein the inflation tube was damaged by the adhesive plaster used for tube fixation and resulted in leaking endotracheal tube cuff. We also give some suggestions regarding the tube fixation and some remed...

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Autores principales: Gupta, Babita, Farooque, Kamran, Jain, Divya, Kapoor, Rakesh
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2010
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Emergency Airway Encounters
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2884451/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20606797
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2700.62125
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author Gupta, Babita
Farooque, Kamran
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description Leaking endotracheal tube cuffs are common problems in intensive care units. We report a case wherein the inflation tube was damaged by the adhesive plaster used for tube fixation and resulted in leaking endotracheal tube cuff. We also give some suggestions regarding the tube fixation and some remedial measures for damaged inflation system.
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spelling pubmed-28844512010-07-02 Improper tube fixation causing a leaky cuff Gupta, Babita Farooque, Kamran Jain, Divya Kapoor, Rakesh J Emerg Trauma Shock Emergency Airway Encounters Leaking endotracheal tube cuffs are common problems in intensive care units. We report a case wherein the inflation tube was damaged by the adhesive plaster used for tube fixation and resulted in leaking endotracheal tube cuff. We also give some suggestions regarding the tube fixation and some remedial measures for damaged inflation system. Medknow Publications 2010 /pmc/articles/PMC2884451/ /pubmed/20606797 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2700.62125 Text en © Journal of Emergencies Trauma and Shock http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Kapoor, Rakesh
Improper tube fixation causing a leaky cuff
title Improper tube fixation causing a leaky cuff
title_full Improper tube fixation causing a leaky cuff
title_fullStr Improper tube fixation causing a leaky cuff
title_full_unstemmed Improper tube fixation causing a leaky cuff
title_short Improper tube fixation causing a leaky cuff
title_sort improper tube fixation causing a leaky cuff
topic Emergency Airway Encounters
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2884451/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2700.62125
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