A Systematic Review on the Current Attitudes and Clinical Practices on the Use of Cuffed and Uncuffed Endotracheal Tubes in Pediatric Anesthesia.

Background: For several decades now, the use of uncuffed endotracheal tube (ETT) is the gold standard in providing airway and ventilatory support to children under anesthesia. However, there has been a change in focus from the application of uncuffed ETT to cuffed ETT among children, and this matter has been debated for years. In fact, several studies have shown that even across and within countries, the attitudes and practices of anesthesiologists on the use of types of endotracheal tubes differed.