Anesthesia & Clinical Research
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Abstract

Commentary on Current Practices in Endotracheal Tube Size Selection for Adults

Austin Cao CBA1*, Shruthi Rereddy MD2, Natasha Mirza MD2

Intubation with inappropriately sized Endotracheal Tubes (ETT)can cause complications including sore throat, hoarseness, vocalcord injury, acute laryngeal injury, and laryngotracheomalacia[1-3]. As no widely accepted guidelines currently exist fordetermining appropriate ETT size in adults, practitioners oftenrely on heuristics and clinical judgment. There is increasingevidence that tracheal dimensions are correlated with patientcharacteristics such as height and sex; however it remains unclearif this data is being incorporated into clinical practice.

Published Date: 2021-01-19; Received Date: 2020-12-29