The cuff leak test in critically ill patients: An international survey of intensivists.
Kimberley A LewisYousef AlmubarakMorten Hylander MøllerRoman JaeschkeDan PerriYing ZhangBin DuOsamu NishidaGeorge NtoumenopoulosManoj SaxenaJonathon TruwitPaul J YoungFayez Ebrahim AlshamsiYaseen M ArabiBram RochwergTim KarachiWojciech SzczeklikMuhammed AlshahraniFlavia R MachadoDjillali AnnaneMassimo AntonelliTimothy D GirardDeborah CookBandar BawRahul NanchalThomas PirainoGordon GuyattWaleed Alhazzaninull nullPublished in: Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica (2021)
Use of the CLT prior to extubating patients not at high risk of laryngeal edema in the intensive care unit is highly variable. Practice appears to be influenced by country of practice and base specialty training.