{"@type": "dcat:Dataset", "accessLevel": "public", "bureauCode": ["009:25"], "contactPoint": {"@type": "vcard:Contact", "fn": "NIH", "hasEmail": "mailto:info@nih.gov"}, "description": "Background:\n          The Portex Soft Seal high-volume, low-pressure cuffed tracheal\n\t\t\t\ttube was compared with the Mallinckrodt HiLo, Sheridan Preformed and Portex\n\t\t\t\tProfile tracheal tubes for leakage of dye placed in the subglottic space of a\n\t\t\t\tpig's trachea which was used in a benchtop mechanical ventilation model\n\t\t\t\tand in six isolated pig tracheas.\n        \n        \n          Results:\n          There was no leakage, either in the ventilation model or in the\n\t\t\t\tisolated tracheas in the Portex Soft Seal group. There was rapid leakage in the\n\t\t\t\tventilation model and in all the isolated tracheas for the Mallinckrodt HiLo,\n\t\t\t\tand five out of six isolated tracheas for the Sheridan Preformed and the Portex\n\t\t\t\tProfile group.\n        \n        \n          Conclusions:\n          This benchtop study suggests that the improved compliance\n\t\t\t\tcharacteristics of the Portex Soft Seal cuff are beneficial in preventing\n\t\t\t\tleakage of fluid in these models.", "distribution": [{"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "description": "Visit the original government dataset for complete information, documentation, and data access.", "downloadURL": "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC29025/", "mediaType": "text/html", "title": "Official Government Data Source"}], "identifier": "https://healthdata.gov/api/views/de7r-nj72", "issued": "2025-07-13", "keyword": ["cuff-leakage", "nih", "tracheal-intubation", "tracheal-tubes", "ventilator-associated-pneumonia"], "landingPage": "https://healthdata.gov/d/de7r-nj72", "modified": "2025-09-06", "programCode": ["009:048"], "publisher": {"@type": "org:Organization", "name": "National Institutes of Health"}, "theme": ["NIH"], "title": "Compliance characteristics of the Portex Soft Seal Cuff improves seal\n\t\t  against leakage of fluid in a pig trachea model"}