title: What to do when an endotracheal tube cuff leaks.
abstract: The authors describe an approach and a novel technique to solve a leaky endotracheal tube cuff problem in ventilator-dependent patients without immediately resorting to the potentially hazardous task of changing an endotracheal tube.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Trauma Program, Hamilton Civic Hospitals, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Contardi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004867:Equipment Design; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008297:Male; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000628:therapy; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000295:instrumentation