Revista española de anestesiología y reanimación
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Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim · Jun 2016
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative StudyA prospective, randomised, cross-over trial comparing two standard polyvinyl chloride tracheal tubes. Are all the tubes the same?
A randomised study was conducted on the number of attempts made during the conventional endotracheal intubation of a mannequin using two polyvinyl (PVC) tracheal tubes, apparently similar but from different manufactures: INTERSURGICAL (IS; Intersurgical S.L., Madrid, Spain) and Mallinckrodt (ML; Mallinkrodt Medical S.A., Madrid, Spain). ⋯ The PVC tube from the ML manufacturer was superior when compared with the IS, the latter was also associated with a larger number of attempts to complete intubation using a conventional Macintosh blade.