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ArticleJournal of clinical monitoring and computing2021

Measuring endotracheal tube intracuff pressure: no room for complacency.

Chandra M Kumar, Edwin Seet, Tom C R V Van Zundert

2 registry-linked trialsAbstract readEditorial
In one paragraph

Article in Journal of clinical monitoring and computing, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 30 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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30citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT06107998 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2023, after this paper: background citation

Comparison of the Audible Leak-balloon Palpation Method and the Stethoscope-guided Method for Endotracheal Tube Cuff Inflation

TypeinterventionalSponsorSuleyman Demirel UniversityRan2023 to 2024Enrolled176ConditionsAnesthesia, General, Intubation, IntratrachealArmsstethoscope, Audible leak/Balloon palpation
NCT06848010 nanot yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

TRacheal Cuff PRessure Evaluation Study

TypeinterventionalSponsorPoliclinico HospitalRan2026 to 2027Enrolled54ConditionsPneumonia, Ventilator-Associated, Mechanical VentilationArmsAutomated endotracheal cuff controller
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Cuffed versus uncuffed endotracheal tubes for neonates.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022
    Pooled it
  3. The Royal College of surgeons multidisciplinary guidelines on elective tracheostomy insertion in COVID-19 ventilated patients.The surgeon : journal of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of Edinburgh and Ireland · 2021
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  10. 'Sealing the deal': An innovative use of the endotracheal cuff manometer.Canadian journal of respiratory therapy : CJRT = Revue canadienne de la therapie respiratoire : RCTR · 2025
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  16. Reevaluating 30 cmHFrontiers in medicine · 2024
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  17. Endotracheal Cuff-pressure Monitoring in ICU: A Standard of Care Yet to be Standardized, and Often Neglected.Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2024
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  20. Disposable Airway Pressure Manometers for Endotracheal Tube Cuff Inflation.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Chandra M KumarDepartment of Anaesthesia, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Yishun Central 90, Yishun, 768828, Singapore. chandra.kumar2406@gmail.com.
Edwin SeetDepartment of Anaesthesia, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Yishun Central 90, Yishun, 768828, Singapore.
Tom C R V Van ZundertDepartment of Anaesthesia, OLV Hospital, Aalst, Belgium.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tracheal intubation constitutes a routine part in the care of critically ill and anaesthetised patients. Prolonged use of endotracheal with inflated cuff is one of the major multifactorial causes of complications. Both under-inflation and over-inflation of cuff are associated with complications. Despite known problems, regular measurement of cuff pressure is not routine, and it is performed on an ad hoc basis.

Indexed as

Intubation, IntratrachealTracheaCritical IllnessHumansPressureComplicationCuff pressureEndotrachealOver-pressureUnder-pressure

Identifiers

PMID32198671
PMCPMC7223496

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