title: [Endotracheal tube cuff pressure. Monitoring during general anesthesia].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  To value changes of endotracheal tube cuff pressure during anaesthesia with N2O, using standard tubes or Brandt-system tubes.
  
  
  METHODS
  Endotracheal cuff pressure during anaesthesia in three groups of patients has been monitored: Group 1 (n. 41): endotracheal tube with low-pressure cuff using N2O/O2 (2:1 or 1:1); Group 2 (n. 55): Brandt's double cuff-tubes using N2O/O2 (2:1 or 1:1); Group 3 (n. 20-control group): tubes with low-pressure cuff using O2/air. Values of pressure (M +/- DS: p < 0.05) have been compared with ANOVA, Bonferroni's method (p < 0.017).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Brandt's double cuff-tubes (G2) succeed in avoiding uncontrolled increase of cuff-pressure during anaesthesia with N2O. Standard low-pressure tubes (G1) shown increase of cuff pressure during anaesthesia with N2O which is absent using no N2O (G3).
authors.affiliation: Cattedra di Anestesiologia e Rianimazione, Università degli Studi G. D'Annunzio, Chieti.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Cicerone
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Scesi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Compagnoni
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cavallo
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ferrovecchio
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cavallini
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bracalente
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Costantini
mesh_terms: D000768:Anesthesia, General; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative; D011312:Pressure