title: Maintenance of tracheal tube cuff pressure: where are the limits?
abstract: Continuous control of tracheal tube cuff inflation using a pneumatic device resulted in severe tracheal wall damage in ventilated piglets. This damage was similar in piglets managed with manual control of cuff inflation. The periodic hyperinflation of the tube cuff used in both groups of this study may explain these results. This manoeuvre should be avoided in clinical practice.
authors.forename: Miquel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ferrer
authors.forename: Antoni
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Torres
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004867:Equipment Design; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D053717:Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D011312:Pressure; D013552:Swine