Endotracheal tubes | 合法醫療器材資訊網

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Endotracheal tubes (ETTs) these days are mostly made of polyvinylchloride (PVC) and are single-use. They have a number of characteristic design features that are listed below. Many variations of these designs exist in endotracheal tubes for particular purposes, such as re-inforced tubes[1], RAE tubes[2], laser tubes, etc.

Here we just describe the standard, most widely used version of an endotracheal tube.

Endotracheal tubes (ETTs) typically have a left-facing bevel at the tip. A bevelled tip will pass much easier through the vocal chords than a a tube with a cross-cut distal opening. The bevel is left-facing rather than right-facing to allow a better view of the ETT tip entering the field of view from right to left/ midline and then passing throught the vocal...