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1: Crit Care. 2008;12(1):106. Epub 2008 Jan 16.Click here to read Click here to read Links
Comment on:
Crit Care. 2007;11(5):R109.

Maintenance of tracheal tube cuff pressure: where are the limits?

Ferrer M, Torres A.

Continuous control of tracheal tube cuff inflation using a pneumatic device resulted in severe tracheal wall damage in ventilated piglets. This damage was similar in piglets managed with manual control of cuff inflation. The periodic hyperinflation of the tube cuff used in both groups of this study may explain these results. This manoeuvre should be avoided in clinical practice.

PMID: 18279534 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

PMCID: PMC2374579