ArticlePatient safety in surgery2022
Knowledge and practice of tracheal tube cuff pressure monitoring: a multicenter survey of anaesthesia and critical care providers in a developing country.
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- Effect of continuous measurement and adjustment of endotracheal tube cuff pressure on postoperative sore throat in patients undergoing gynecological laparoscopic surgery: a randomized controlled trial.Journal of clinical monitoring and computing · 2024Trial
- The effect of different endotracheal tube cuff pressure monitoring systems on postoperative sore throat in patients undergoing tracheal intubation: a randomized clinical trial.BMC anesthesiology · 2024Trial
- Endotracheal tube cuff pressure assessment: expectations versus reality.Anaesthesiology intensive therapy · 2024Trial
- Prevalence and determinants of inappropriate endotracheal cuff pressure in adult surgical patients undergoing general anesthesia: a prospective observational study.BMC anesthesiology · 2026Observational
- Long-term results of intensive care patients with post-intubation tracheal stenosis: 7 years follow-up.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2024Article
- Evaluation of ventilator-associated pneumonia care practice in the intensive care units of a comprehensive specialized hospital in Northwest Ethiopia: a 1.5-year prospective observational study.BMC anesthesiology · 2024Observational
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- Intensive Care Nurses' Performance of Open versus Closed Endotracheal Suction on Critically Ill Patients in Ismailia City.Iranian journal of nursing and midwifery researchArticle
- Educational Intervention Can Improve the Pilot Balloon Palpation Method of Tracheal Tube Cuff Pressure Monitoring: An Experimental Study.Journal of the West African College of SurgeonsArticle
- Endotracheal Tube Cuff Pressures in the Operating Room of a Pediatric Hospital: A Quality Improvement Initiative.Pediatric quality & safetyArticle
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Abstract
backgroundTracheal tubes are routinely used during anaesthesia and in the intensive care unit. Subjective monitoring of cuff pressures have been reported to produce consistently inappropriate cuffs pressures, with attendant morbidity. But this practice of unsafe care remains widespread. With the proliferation of intensive care units in Nigeria and increasing access to surgery, morbidity relating to improper tracheal cuff pressure may assume a greater toll. We aimed to evaluate current knowledge and practice of tracheal cuff pressure monitoring among anaesthesia and critical care providers in Nigeria.
methodsThis was a multicenter cross-sectional study conducted from March 18 to April 30, 2021. The first part (A) was conducted at 4 tertiary referral hospitals in Nigeria by means of a self-administered questionnaire on the various cadre of anaesthesia and critical care providers. The second part (B) was a nation-wide telephone survey of anaesthesia faculty fellows affiliated to 13 tertiary hospitals in Nigeria, selected by stratified random sampling.
resultsOnly 3.1% (6/196) of the care providers admitted having ever used a tracheal cuff manometer, while 31.1% knew the recommended tracheal cuff pressure. The nationwide telephone survey of anaesthesia faculty fellows revealed that tracheal cuff manometer is neither available, nor has it ever been used in any of the 13 tertiary hospitals surveyed. The 'Pilot balloon palpation method' and 'fixed volume of air from a syringe' were the most commonly utilized method of cuff pressure estimation by the care providers, at 64.3% and 28.1% respectively in part A survey (84.6% and 15.4% respectively, in the part B survey).
conclusionThe use of tracheal cuff manometer is very limited among the care providers surveyed in this study. Knowledge regarding tracheal cuff management among the providers is adjudged to be fair, despite the poor practice and unsafe care.
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