Determinants of Tracheal Injury by Cuffed Tracheostomy Tubes

Tracheal injury continues to be a major complication of the use of cuffed endotracheal/tracheostomy tubes. To assess the determinants of such injury, 22 dogs were studied. It was found that the degree of tracheal injury induced by high compliance-low pressure tracheal cuffs was substantially less th...

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Veröffentlicht in:Chest 1974-02, Vol.65 (2), p.128-135
Hauptverfasser: Dunn, C. Richard, Dunn, Deon L., Moser, Kenneth M., Moser
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Tracheal injury continues to be a major complication of the use of cuffed endotracheal/tracheostomy tubes. To assess the determinants of such injury, 22 dogs were studied. It was found that the degree of tracheal injury induced by high compliance-low pressure tracheal cuffs was substantially less than that provoked by low compliance-high pressure cuffs. Marked compromise of tracheal arterial circulation by the high pressure cuffs was demonstrated by vascular injection studies. Tantalum tracheography was useful in assessing the presence of cuff-induced mucosal injury and in delineating tracheal distortion induced by the cuffs. Comparing the cuff compliance (pressure-volume) curve obtained outside the trachea with that obtained inside the trachea can provide a reasonable guide to cuff suitability in terms of the pressure it will apply to the trachea waff. Intercurrent hypotension or the use of positive-pressure ventilation had no discernible influence on extent of tracheal injury. It is cmicluded that high compliance-low pressure cuffs should be used exclusively in clinical practice.
ISSN:0012-3692
1931-3543
DOI:10.1378/chest.65.2.128