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Frequency Of Inappropriate Endotracheal Tube Cuff Pressure And Its Variability In Patients Undergoing Prolonged
Muhammad Fahad Rehman Shamsi1, Ali Sarfraz Siddiqui1
1Department of Anaesthesiology, Aga Khan University Karachi, Pakistan.
Background:
Endotracheal tube (ETT) is inserted into the trachea to maintain airway patency. Maintaining adequate ETT cuff pressure is important to ensure a proper seal to lower the risk of aspiration and tracheal trauma. This study was designed to assess the frequency of inappropriate ETT cuff pressure at the time of intubation and variation in ETT pressure at the end of a prolonged surgery.
Methods:
This study was conducted in the Department of Anaesthesiology, Aga Khan University from October 2019 to March 2020. All adult patients of both genders, undergoing prolonged surgery under general anaesthesia were included. Patients were intubated with an appropriate size ETT, and the cuff was inflated with air. ETT cuff pressure was measured after intubation and, at the end of prolonged surgery to assess any variation.
Results:
Fifty-eight patients were included, of which 37 (63.8%) were female. The mean age was 47.36 years. The frequency of inappropriate ETT cuff pressure at the time of intubation was found in thirty-five (60.3%) patients, which was corrected to 25 cm H2O before the start of surgery. At the end of the surgery, forty-one (70.7%) patients showed an increase in ETT cuff pressures with the majority (33%) having a variation of 51-70 (81-100 cm H2O).
Conclusions:
The frequency of inappropriate ETT cuff pressure at the time of intubation was found in thirty-five (60.3%) patients. In six (10.3%) patients, ETT cuff pressure was below 20 cm H2O while in twenty-nine (50%) patients, ETT cuff pressure was above 30 cm H2O. In forty-one (70.7%) patients ETT cuff pressure was abnormally high that is >30 cm H2O at the end of prolonged surgical procedures.
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