The charts of 52 adult patients who underwent tracheotomy (49 after intubation) were reviewed to identify early complications of both endotracheal intubation and tracheotomy. The complication rate ...
An uncuffed ETT (Mallinckrodt, Rowville, Victoria, Australia) was connected to the “trachea” of the test lung with an ETT adaptor and sealed with silicon to prevent any leak. ETT leak was ...