title: Endotracheal Tube Obstruction: A Manufacturing Defect.
abstract: Various manufacturing defects of endotracheal tubes are encountered in anaesthesia practice. One of the important defects of an endotracheal tube is that a partial or complete obstruction can be potentially life-threatening. Manufacturing defects may not be ascertainable by routine inspection. In this case report, we report a partial airway obstruction caused by a plastic membrane in the connector of an endotracheal tube as a manufacturing defect.
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ramazan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Baldemir
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Yavuz
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Akçaboy
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Zeynep Nur
authors.initials: ZN
authors.lastname: Akçaboy
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Nermin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Göğüş
keywords: Endotracheal tube; manufacturing defects; obstruction