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Collapse of Endotracheal Tubes Due to Overinflation of High-Compliance Cuffs

AZRIEL PEREL, MD^*, RUTH KATZENELSON, MD, EHUD KLEIN, MD, and SHAMAY COTEV, MD

*Instructor in Anesthesiology, Respiratory Intensive Care Unit, Department of Anesthesiology and Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Haddasah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel. Lecturer in Anesthesiology, Respiratory Intensive Care Unit, Department of Anesthesiology and Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Haddasah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel. Resident in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Respiratory Intensive Care Unit, Department of Anesthesiology and Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Haddasah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel. Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Director RICU, Respiratory Intensive Care Unit, Department of Anesthesiology and Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Haddasah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.

Abstract

Overinflation of endotracheal-tube cuffs may seriously compromise the patient's airway, due to collapse of the wall of the endotracheal tube. Two case reports describe this complication, with x-ray demonstration of the hyperinflated cuffs.

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Anesthesia & Analgesia® is published for the International Anesthesia Research Society® by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins with the assistance of Stanford University Libraries' HighWire Press®. Copyright 2006 by the International Anesthesia Research Society. Online ISSN: 1526-7598   Print ISSN: 0003-2999