A double-layer tracheal tube cuff designed to prevent leakage: A bench-top study

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1145-1149

  Zanella, Alberto ^a   Cressoni, Massimo ^a   Epp, Myra ^a   Stylianou, Mario ^a   Kolobow, Theodor ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspiration; Cuff; Leakage, fluid; Tube, endotracheal; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CUFF; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; IN VITRO STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 46149112982     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-008-1016-9     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Bernhard WN, Yost L, Turndorf H, Danziger F (1982) Cuffed tracheal tubes-physical and behavioral characteristics. Anesth Analg 61:36-41
2. Guyton D, Banner MJ, Kirby RR (1991) High-volume, low-pressure cuffs. Are they always low pressure? Chest 100:1076-1081
3. Cooper JD, Grillo HC (1969) The evolution of tracheal injury due to ventilatory assistance through cuffed tubes: a pathologic study. Ann Surg 169:334-348
4. Spray SB, Zuidema GD, Cameron JL (1976) Aspiration pneumonia; incidence of aspiration with endotracheal tubes. Am J Surg 131:701-703
5. Seegobin RD, van Hasselt GL (1986) Aspiration beyond endotracheal cuffs. Can Anaesth Soc J 33:273-279
6. Young PJ, Pakeerathan S, Blunt MC, Subramanya S (2006) A low-volume, low-pressure tracheal tube cuff reduces pulmonary aspiration. Crit Care Med 34:632-639
7. Rello J, Sonora R, Jubert P, Artigas A, Rue M, Valles J (1996) Pneumonia in intubated patients: role of respiratory airway care. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 154:111-115
8. Dullenkopf A, Gerber A, Weiss M (2003) Fluid leakage past tracheal tube cuffs: evaluation of the new Microcuff endotracheal tube. Intensive Care Med 29:1849-1853
9. Young PJ, Young WH (2003) Inflation of a pressure-limited cuff inside a model trachea. Med Eng Phys 25:465-473
10. Cornish K, Williams J (2006) Guayule latex: effective substitute for natural rubber latex to produce medical goods. Global handbook and directory on NR and SR lattices, pp 71-74
11. Cornish K, Williams J, Hall JL, McCoy III RG (2005) Production and properties of guayule latex-the natural solution to latex allergy. Proceedings of the 168th Technical Meeting of the Rubber Division, American Chemical Society
12. Siler DJ, Cornish K, Hamilton RG (1996) Absence of cross-reactivity of IgE antibodies from subjects allergic to Hevea brasiliensis latex with a new source of natural rubber latex from guayule (Parthenium argentatum). J Allergy Clin Immunol 98:895-902
13. Siler DJ, Cornish K (1994) Hypoallergenicity of guayule rubber particle proteins compared to Hevea latex proteins. Ind Crops Prod 2:307-313
14. Carey AB, Cornish K, Schrank PJ, Ward B, Simon RA (1995) Absence of cross-reactivity of IgE antibodies from Hevea brasiliensis latex allergic subjects with a new source of natural rubber latex from guayule (Parthenium argentatum). J Allergy Clin Immunol 98:895-902
15. Cornish K, Lytle CD (1999) Viral impermeability of hypoallergenic, low protein, guayule latex films. J Biomed Mater Res 47:434-437
16. Safdar N, Crnich CJ, Maki DG (2005) The pathogenesis of ventilator-associated pneumonia: its relevance to developing effective strategies for prevention. Respir Care 50:725-739