Modification to Endotracheal Tube Connectors for Cleft Lip and Palate Anesthesia

Endotracheal tube connectors occasionally get blocked by the chest wall after the circuit is disconnected in children undergoing cleft lip and palate surgeries. This paper presents a modification to the connectors designed to maintain patient airway patency in such a circumstance.

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Published in:The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal 2006-11, Vol.43 (6), p.649-650
Main Authors: Kumar, G. S. Satish, Kumar, J. Ravindra
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anesthesia
Anesthesia, Inhalation - instrumentation
Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy
Biological and medical sciences
Cleft Lip - surgery
Cleft Palate - surgery
Clinical outcomes
Congenital diseases
Dentistry
Equipment Design
Facial bones, jaws, teeth, parodontium: diseases, semeiology
General anesthesia. Technics. Complications. Neuromuscular blocking. Premedication. Surgical preparation. Sedation
Humans
Intubation, Intratracheal - instrumentation
Maxillofacial surgery
Medical sciences
Mouth
Non tumoral diseases
Otorhinolaryngology. Stomatology
Stents
Surface Properties
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Summary:Endotracheal tube connectors occasionally get blocked by the chest wall after the circuit is disconnected in children undergoing cleft lip and palate surgeries. This paper presents a modification to the connectors designed to maintain patient airway patency in such a circumstance.
ISSN:1055-6656
1545-1569
DOI:10.1597/05-193