Endotracheal Tube Cuff Pressure Assessment: Education May Improve but not Guarantee the Safety of Palpation Technique

BACKGROUND: Endotracheal Tube Cuff Pressure (ETCP) should be kept in the range of 20 - 30 cm H(2)O. Earlier studies suggested that ETCP assessment by palpation of pilot balloon results in overinflation or underinflation and subsequent complications such as tracheal wall damage and aspiration. OBJECT...

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Autores principales: Seyed Siamdoust, Seyed Alireza, Mohseni, Masood, Memarian, Arash
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Kowsar 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4493730/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26161313
http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/aapm.5(3)2015.16163

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4493730/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26161313
http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/aapm.5(3)2015.16163

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