I listen before and after extubation. Someone told me it's useless to listen beforehand because you can't hear it with the ETT in place. I say if you deflate the cuff you could hear stridor. Any opinions
2007-01-21 09:23:48 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Respiratory Diseases
Stridor is caused by large airway such as the trachea and pharynx swelling. This happens when the tube is removed. If you listen to the side of the throat with the tube deflated you are going to hear the air escaping around the tube which could be high pitch and sound like stridor but it is not.
2007-01-21 09:49:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Listen To Stridor
2016-12-13 04:31:36 · answer #2 · answered by cantabrana 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I also think it is useless to listen beforehand. I don't think you can tell if it is true stridor until you extubate.
2007-01-22 01:17:53 · answer #3 · answered by CJBig 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That sounds reasonable to me. It certainly can't hurt to be extra thorough.
2007-01-21 09:28:27 · answer #4 · answered by Emmy 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋