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Dr Kevin McCarthy
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Dr Kevin McCarthy
Starship Hospital, Auckland
Comparison of preformed microcuff and preformed uncuffed endotracheal tubes in pediatric cleft palate surgery
A randomized controlled trial
Pediatric Anesthesia
Submitted July 2024 by Dr Kevin McCarthy
This was an RCT of microcuff oral RAE versus uncuffed oral RAE endotracheal tubes for cleft palate surgery. The microcuff tubes were associated with a lower tube exchange rate (0% vs. 38%) and lower...
