Abstract

Pediatric airway management can present many challenges for anesthetists. One such challenge is whether to use a cuffed or uncuffed endotracheal tube (ETT) for pediatric patients younger than eight years. Practitioners have used uncuffed ETTs for smaller children due to the risk of cuffed ETTs causing airway mucosal injury which may lead to subglottic stenosis and stridor.1 In recent years, cuffed ETTs have been used more frequently in order to reduce tube exchanges, ventilation leak around the tube, unreliable end-tidal carbon dioxide (ETCO2) monitoring, and the risk of aspiration. The purpose of this evidence based practice analysis is to compare the incidence of common airway complications in pediatric patients intubated with a cuffed or uncuffed ETT.

Bryce Scott

Author Details

Bryce Scott, DNAP, CRNA

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Non-member

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Other Graduate Paper

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Other

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N/A

Keywords:

Pediatrics, Cuffed, Uncuffed, Endotracheal Tube, Stridor, Re-Intubation

Advisor

Hadenfeldt, Sharon

Degree

Doctoral-Other

Degree Grantor

Bryan College of Health Sciences

Degree Year

2017

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