Inadvertent nasogastric tube insertion into the tracheobronchial tree. A hazard of new high-residual volume cuffs.

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Abstract
Despite a well-seated endotracheal tube, a nasogastric tube can be passed easily into the [human] tracheobronchial tree due to the pressure-volume characteristics and the geometry of newer high-compliance, low-pressure endotracheal tube cuffs.