ENT SURGERY & ET CUFF PRESSURE-EFFECTS & MEASURES A RETROSPECTIVE OBSERVATIONAL STUDY

Abstract

BACKGROUND 
ENT surgeries necessitate endotracheal general anaesthesia for airway protection and prevention 
of aspiration. Sister rose position and head up with neck flexion are the 2 position commonly 
used for functional nasal endoscopic surgeries and tonsillectomy. Significant variation in 
endotracheal cuff pressure was noted in altered position. The increase in cuff pressure could after 
tracheal mucosal blood flow. This study focuses on changes in cuff pressure before and after 
positioning and stresses need for endotracheal cuff pressure monitoring