Endotracheal tube exchange is an important part of airway management in patients in intensive care units, operating theaters, and emergency departments. 1,2 In most cases, the procedure involves ...

Placement of a double-lumen endotracheal tube is an airway-management technique that permits isolation and selective ventilation of a single lung. Double-lumen tubes are bifurcated into a ...

Brandon Heggie can't speak highly enough of end tidal capnography for understanding patient disease process and endotracheal tube placement. Brandon Heggie can't speak highly enough of the use of ...

Historically, suctioning an endotracheal (ET) tube has been used routinely to remove pulmonary secretions that can block an endotracheal tube and impair air exchange in intubated patients of all ages.

A silver-coated endotracheal tube may reduce infections with highly resistant bacteria over traditional tubes by nearly half, according to the results of a large randomized trial to be presented ...

A sore throat is one of the most common side effects. Intubation is when an endotracheal tube is inserted into your airways through your nose or mouth. This tube helps keep your airways open so ...

NICE has developed a medtech innovation briefing (MIB) on the Shiley Endotracheal Tube with TaperGuard Cuff. Please note that this MIB was developed before the device was rebranded. Because of this, ...

Objective: To provide a comprehensive, evidence-based review of pediatric endotracheal suctioning: effects, indications, and clinical practice. Methods: PubMed, Cumulative Index of Nursing and ...

The FDA has elevated a recall from Medline that has seen the device distributor pull tens of thousands of endotracheal tubes ... or tearing off the main tube during use, resulting in the failure ...