Respiratory care
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Editorial Clinical Trial
Frequent Versus Infrequent Monitoring of Endotracheal Tube Cuff Pressures.
Currently there is no accepted standard of practice for the optimal frequency of endotracheal tube cuff pressure monitoring in mechanically ventilated patients. Therefore, we conducted a study to compare infrequent endotracheal tube cuff pressure monitoring (immediately after intubation and when clinically indicated for an observed air leak or due to tube migration) with frequent endotracheal tube cuff pressure monitoring (immediately after intubation, every 8 h, and when clinically indicated). ⋯ More frequent cuff pressure monitoring was not associated with any identifiable clinical outcome benefit.