Monitoreo de presión de manguito de tubo endotraqueal / Monitoring endotracheal tube cuff pressure

OBJECTIVE: Perform an objective monitoring of the endotracheal tube cuff pressure in patients under general anesthesia in the Anesthesiology Service of Hospital Privado de Córdoba. METHODS: It is a controlled, comparative, prospective study where the range of cuff pressures was analyzed at the beginning and end of surgery. A Rush brand manometer (Endotest) was used to perform the measurement. This pressure was related to the patient's data (sex, age, BMI, duration of surgery, endotracheal tube diameter). RESULTS: The total sample was 74 patients, and an initial inflation pressure outside the normal range was found in 75.7 percent of the patients of which 48.6 percent was out of the normal range and 27 percent was below of the normal range. At the end of the surgery it was found that 81.8 percent was within normal values. CONCLUSION: It is mandatory to monitor endotracheal tube cuff pressure in patients under general anesthesia.

OBJETIVOS: Realizar un monitoreo de forma objetiva de la presión del manguito de tubo endotraqueal en los pacientes bajo anestesia general en el servicio de Anestesiología del Hospital Privado de Córdoba. MATERIAL Y MÉTODOS: Es un estudio controlado, comparativo, prospectivo donde se analizo el rango de presiones del manguito al inicio y al final de la cirugía. Se utilizo un manometro de marca Rush (Endotest) para realizar la medición. Esta presión se la relaciono con los datos del paciente (sexo, edad, IMC, duración de cirugía, diámetro de tubo endotraqueal). RESULTADOS: El total de la muestra fueron 74 pacientes, y se encontró una presión de inflado inicial fuera de rango normal en un 75,7 por ciento, de los cuales un 48,6 por ciento fue elevado y un 27 por ciento por debajo del rango normal. Al final de la cirugía se comprobó que el 81,8 por ciento estaba dentro de valores normales. CONCLUSIÓN: Es mandatorio el monitoreo de presión del manguito del tubo endotraqueal en todos los pacientes bajo anestesia general.

Postoperative Tracheal Mucosa Ischemia by Endotracheal Tube Cuff Pressure Change During the Anterior Cervical Spine Surgery

OBJECTIVE: Endotracheal tube cuff-pressure(ETCP) increases significantly during anterior cervical spine surgery with neck retraction. Clinically, postoperative hoarseness with sore throat is correlated with vocal cord edema due to longer intubation time and higher ETCP during neck retraction. METHODS: Fifty patients of anterior cervical spine surgery were randomized to a control (no adjustment, 25 cases) and a treatment group (ETCP adjusted to 20mmHg, 25 cases). Patients were blinded to their group assignments. They were questioned about the presence of ischemic symptoms (sore throat, dysphagia, hoarseness) postoperatively at different time points; 4 hours, 24 hours, and 1 week postoperatively. RESULTS: No differences between groups at 4 hours and 1 week postoperatively were demonstrated. At 24 hours, 36% of patients in the treatment group complained of sore throat while 56% of control group patients did (p<0.05). Female patients correlated with development of all ischemic discomfort (p<0.05: sore throat, hoarseness, dysphagia). CONCLUSION: Our results suggest that postoperative ischemic symptom following anterior cervical spine surgery may be associated with the two predictors; increased ETCP during neck retraction and female. The simple procedure of maintaining ETCP to 20mmHg can prevent postoperative tracheal ischemic symptom.