THE EFFECT OF AN ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE WITH AN AUTOMATICALLY AND PERIODICALLY INFLATED CUFF ON THE EPITHELIUM OF THE DOG TRACHEAL WALL
Abstract
IN THE PRESENT STUDY WE DESCRIBE THE FUNCTION OF A MODIFIED TRACHEAL TUBE IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE CUFF SHOULD PERIODICALLY BE FILLED WITH AIR DURING THE RESPIRATORY CYCLE. WE ALSO STUDIED THE EFFECT OF THE MODIFIED TRACHEAL TUBE ON THE EPITHELIUM OF THE DOG'S TRACHEA. THE STUDY COMPARED TWO GROUPS OF ANIMALS. GROUP A (8 DOGS) IN WHICH THE MODIFIED TUBE WAS USED. IN ANIMALS IN GROUP B THERE WERE LESS PATHOLOGICAL LESIONS ON THE EPITHELIUM OF THE TRACHEAL WALL COMPARED WITH THE GROUP B. THE AUTOMATICALLY AND PERIDICALLY INPLATED CUFF ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE IS A CONTRIBUTION TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF THE EFFECTS OF LONG-TERM INTUBATION.
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