Titel (eng)

Disposable Airway Pressure Manometers for Endotracheal Tube Cuff Inflation

Autor*in

Moriz Ettore Klonner   University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna

Christina Braun   University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna

Claus Vogl   University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna

Vincenzo Casoria   Southern County Veterinary Specialists, Ringwood

Giorgio Mattaliano   University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna

Verlag

MDPI

Beschreibung (eng)

This study aimed to assess the performance, accuracy, precision and repeatability of two single-use airway pressure manometers as a cost-effective alternative for inflation of endotracheal tubes with high-volume, low-pressure cuffs. The manometers were tested in a bench top model against a U-tube manometer. Eighteen units of each device were tested. Three consecutive measurements were performed at pressures of 20, 25 and 30 cmH2O each. The mean ± SD of the recorded pressures and maximum deviation from the target pressures were calculated for each device and each target pressure. For device A, the mean ± SD pressures were 19.6 ± 0.7, 23.6 ± 0.8 and 28.3 ± 0.8 cmH2O; for device B, the mean ± SD pressures were 19.3 ± 0.6, 24.3 ± 0.9 and 29.2 ± 0.67 cmH2O for target pressures of 20, 25 and 30 cmH2O, respectively. The bias for device A was -0.4, -1.4, and -1.7 cmH2O and for device B, -0.7, -0.7, and -0.8 cmH2O for target pressures of 20, 25, and 30 cmH2O, respectively. Both devices showed results comparable to those reported for commercial cuff manometers. They represent inexpensive tools that provide clinically sufficient accuracy, precision and repeatability for ETT cuff inflation between pressures of 20 and 30 cmH2O.

Sprache des Objekts

Englisch

Datum

2023

Rechte

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CC BY 4.0 International

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Klassifikation

Intracuff Pressure; Intubation

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