Anesthesia & Analgesia · 2003 · 56 citations · 21 references
Free inflation of the tracheal tube cuff, controlled only by the palpation of the pilot balloon, is not reliable and results in extremely variable (and sometimes very high) initial cuff pressures in children. In addition, nitrous oxide anesthesia may result in cuff hyperinflation requiring numerous gas removals.
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Intracuff Pressure and Tracheal Morbidity
X. Combes, Franck Schauvliège, Olivier Peyrouset et al. · Anesthesiology · 2001 · 233 citations · Full text