Table 3.
Percentage of Anesthesiologists who Use Uncuffed and Cuffed ETTs
Prefers Cuffed (n, %) | Prefers Uncuffed (n, %) | |
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Orliaguet et al., 200116 | 25% (33/130) prefers cuffed tube more than 80% of the time | 19% (24) usually used uncuffed tube |
Flynn et al., 2008,1 30 participants (20 intensivists and 15 anesthesiologists) | 60% (12) routinely or frequently used cuffed tube among intensivists and 27% (4) frequently used cuffed tube among anesthesiologists | NA |
Boerboom et al., 2015,3 1080 participants | 33.5% of British and 47.3% of Dutch anesthesiologists used cuffed ETTs in neonates | NA |
Murphy et al., 2016,2 231 participants | 11% (26) used high volume low-pressure cuffed tubes | 75% (170) used uncuffed tubes |
Shibakasi et al., 2019,4 survey response from 42 hospitals | 52.8% to 61% used cuffed tube | 70% used uncuffed tubes for neonates |