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- Title
Using cuffed tracheal tubes below recommended body weight: Compromising safety or exploring limits safely?
- Authors
Weiss, Markus; Engelhardt, Thomas
- Abstract
An editorial is presented on the safety of the use of cuffed endotracheal tubes (ETTs) below the recommended body weight. The author explores the paper by Rebecca Thomas and colleagues within the issue of "Pediatric Anesthesia" journal, which examines the use of cuffed ETT in pediatric anesthesia practice and highlighted several crucial precautions regarding the use of cuffed ETT in children for airway management.
- Subjects
ENDOTRACHEAL tubes; ARTIFICIAL respiration; RESPIRATORY therapy for newborn infants; AIRWAY (Anatomy); PEDIATRIC anesthesia; PEDIATRIC anesthesia complications; SAFETY; MANAGEMENT
- Publication
Pediatric Anesthesia, 2018, Vol 28, Issue 3, p193
- ISSN
1155-5645
- Publication type
Editorial
- DOI
10.1111/pan.13334