Cuffed endotracheal tubes in children reduce sevoflurane and medical gas consumption and related costs

Background: This study aims to evaluate sevoflurane and anaesthetic gas consumption using uncuffed vs. cuffed endotracheal tubes (ETT) in paediatric surgical patients.

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