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SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Exchanging Endotracheal Tubes In Adults Outside The Operating Room

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Sally Stander, MD
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine

Dr Stander reported no relevant financial disclosures.

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“Please come exchange the endotracheal tube in the ICU. We think there is a cuff leak.”

I was called to the ICU for an endotracheal tube (ETT) exchange on a patient weighing 312 kg because ventilation was intermittently inadequate. According