Endotracheal Tube Obstruction: A Manufacturing Defect
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Endotracheal Tube Obstruction: A Manufacturing Defect

Turk J Anaesthesiol Reanim 2015;43(1):62-64 DOI: 10.5152/TJAR.2014.07769
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Abstract

Various manufacturing defects of endotracheal tubes are encountered in anaesthesia practice. One of the important defects of an endotracheal tube is that a partial or complete obstruction can be potentially life-threatening. Manufacturing defects may not be ascertainable by routine inspection. In this case report, we report a partial airway obstruction caused by a plastic membrane in the connector of an endotracheal tube as a manufacturing defect.

Keywords: Endotracheal tube, manufacturing defects, obstruction