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Peer-reviewedCC BY 4.0Clinical Case Reports

Airway Obstruction With Severe Hypoxemia Caused by Malformation of an Endotracheal Tube Cuff: A Case Report

  • Xin Li1
  • Yuwen Chen2
  • Dan Zhou1
  1. 1Department of Pain Management Deyang People's Hospital Deyang China
  2. 2Department of Pain Management Sichuan Science City Hospital Mianyang China
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Abstract

Airway obstruction and severe hypoxemia directly attributable to an ETT cuff malformation are exceedingly rare. It emphasizes that pre‐use cuff inspection should not be limited to leak testing but should also include an assessment of the cuff's morphological integrity.

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@article{li2026airway,
  title = {{Airway Obstruction With Severe Hypoxemia Caused by Malformation of an Endotracheal Tube Cuff: A Case Report}},
  author = {Xin Li and Yuwen Chen and Dan Zhou},
  journal = {Clinical Case Reports},
  year = {2026},
  month = nov,
  doi = {10.1002/ccr3.73724},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.73724},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY  - JOUR
TI  - Airway Obstruction With Severe Hypoxemia Caused by Malformation of an Endotracheal Tube Cuff: A Case Report
AU  - Xin Li
AU  - Yuwen Chen
AU  - Dan Zhou
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/11/05
JO  - Clinical Case Reports
DO  - 10.1002/ccr3.73724
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.73724
AB  - Airway obstruction and severe hypoxemia directly attributable to an ETT cuff malformation are exceedingly rare. It emphasizes that pre‐use cuff inspection should not be limited to leak testing but should also include an assessment of the cuff's morphological integrity.
SN  - 2050-0904
ER  -