Bronchial cuff pressures of two tubes used in thoracic surgery.
The pressure/volume characteristics of the bronchial cuff of a polyvinylchloride (PVC) double-lumen endobronchial tube (DLT) was compared with the inflatable cuff of a bronchial blocker. At the volumes needed to seal a series of rigid model bronchi the PVC DLT bronchial cuff consistently generated significantly lower pressures than the bronchial blocker cuff.
Kelley
J G
JG
Department of Anesthesia, Stanford University School of Medicine, CA.
Gaba
D M
DM
Brodsky
J B
JB
D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013903:Thoracic Surgery / Q000295:instrumentation*