Editorial Type:
Article Category: Brief Report
| Online Publication Date: Apr 07, 2021
Clinical Use of Preformed Microcuff® Pediatric Endotracheal Tubes in Japan
Clinical Use of Preformed Microcuff® Pediatric Endotracheal Tubes in Japan
DDS, PhD,
DDS, PhD,
DDS, PhD,
DDS, PhD,
DDS, PhD,
DDS, PhD, and
DDS, PhD
Page Range: 45 – 46
Preformed cuffed oral endotracheal tubes are widely used to intubate children undergoing oral surgery. To evaluate the efficacy and safety of oral Ring-Adair-Elwyn (RAE) Microcuff® pediatric endotracheal tubes, we retrospectively investigated the endotracheal tube exchange rate and associated complications in Japanese children younger than 2 years of age undergoing cheiloplasty or palatoplasty. The exchange rate was 3.5%, and although unplanned extubations occurred in 2 patients, no severe complications were observed. Our results suggest that oral RAE Microcuff® tubes are effective and safe for intubating Japanese children younger than 2 years of age, with a low tube exchange rate and minor complications.
Keywords: Pediatric anesthesia; Cuffed tracheal tube; Tube size; Oral surgery
Copyright: © 2021 by the American Dental Society of Anesthesiology
Contributor Notes
Address correspondence to Hiroshi Hanamoto, Department of Dental Anesthesiology, Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka University, 1-8, Yamadaoka, Suita, 565-0871, Japan; hanamoto@dent.osaka-u.ac.jp.
Received: Jun 12, 2019
Accepted: Aug 26, 2019