The Effect of Different Patient Positions on Endotracheal Tube Cuff Pressure

This is a prospective study conducted on 200 patients undergoing urological procedures in supine, prone, lateral flank and litotomy positions. After intubation (T0), the cuff pressure was checked with a cuff manometer and adjusted at 25 cmH2O as the baseline and continuously monitored. The cuff pressure was checked again before (T1) and after achieving the final position (T2) and then at 5 (T3), 10 (T4), 15 (T5), 30, 45, 60, 90, 120, 150, 180 minutes after the position, at the end of the procedure (T6) and before extubation (T7). At postoperative 2nd and 12th hours, the patients were interviewed for sore throat, hoarseness and cough.